Joshua 15:14
What does Joshua 15:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Joshua 15:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac, Sesai and Ahiman, and Tholmai of the race of Enac.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
Context
v.13And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Jehovah to Joshua, even Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
v.14This passage
v.15And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 1:20
And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out thence the three sons of Anak.
- Numbers 13:22
And they went up by the South, and came unto Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba); and they smote Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
- Numbers 13:33
And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
- Joshua 10:36
And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
- Joshua 11:21
And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
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