Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
Judges 1:20 in other translations
| BSB | Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak. |
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| WEB | They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there. |
| ASV | And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak. |
| YLT | And they give to Caleb Hebron, as Moses hath spoken, and he dispossesseth thence the three sons of Anak. |
| DARBY | And they gave to Caleb Hebron, as Moses had said; and he dispossessed from thence the three sons of Anak. |
| BBE | And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he took the land of the three sons of Anak, driving them out from there. |
| Webster | And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. |
What does Judges 1:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 1:17-36
17-29. And Judah went with Simeon his brother--The course of the narrative is here resumed from Jud 1:9, and an account given of Judah returning the services of Simeon (Jud 1:3), by aiding in the prosecution of the war within the neighboring tribes. slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath--or Zephathah (2Ch 14:10), a valley lying in the southern portion of Canaan. Hormah--destroyed in fulfilment of an early vow…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Judges 1:9-20
The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side, whose chariots are thousands of angels, Psa 68:17. Yet they suffered their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jos 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fix where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that molested none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shall…
Judges 1:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Judges 1:20
- Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Deuteronomy 1:36
Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the Lord.
- Joshua 15:13-14
And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
- Joshua 21:11-12
And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
- Joshua 14:9-14
And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children’s for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said. …
- Numbers 13:22
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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- Judges 1:19
And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.
- Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.
- Judges 1:21
And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.
Judges 1:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dieron Hebrón á Caleb, como Moisés había dicho: y él echó de allí tres hijos de Anac. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et on donna Hébron à Caleb, comme Moïse l’avait dit, et il en déposséda les trois fils d’Anak. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie gaben dem Kaleb Hebron, so wie Mose geredet hatte; und er vertrieb daraus die drei Söhne Enaks. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dederuntque Caleb Hebron, sicut dixerat Moyses, qui delevit ex ea tres filios Enac. |