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Joshua 15:14

Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of the city—the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ahiman;   Anak;   Anakim;   Caleb;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   Thompson Chain Reference - Anakim;   Caleb;   Giants;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anakim, the;   Tribes of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Anak, Plural Anakim;   Caleb;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Judges, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ahiman;   Anakim;   Caleb;   Giants;   Judah, Tribe of;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Anakim;   Caleb;   Joshua, the Book of;   Judges, the Book of;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Joshua, the Book of;   Kiriath-Arba;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ahiman;   Anak, Anakim;   Hebron;   Israel;   Joshua;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   Zin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ahiman ;   Anak, Anakim ;   Caleb;   Sheshai ;   Talmai ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hebron;   Judah territory of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - An'akim;   He'bron;   Josh'ua, Book of;   Tal'ma-I;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Anak;   Caleb;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ahiman;   Anakim;   Caleb;   Hebron (1);   Joshua, Book of;   Judah, Territory of;   Sheshai;   Talmai;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anakim;   Caleb;   Calebites;   Judah, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
Hebrew Names Version
Kalev drove out there the three sons of `Anak: Sheshai, and Achiman, and Talmai, the children of `Anak.
King James Version
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Lexham English Bible
Caleb drove out from there three of Anak's sons, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
English Standard Version
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
New Century Version
Caleb forced out the three Anakite families living in Hebron: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
New English Translation
Caleb drove out from there three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.
Amplified Bible
So Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.
New American Standard Bible
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Caleb droue thence three sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, & Talmai, the sonnes of Anak.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Contemporary English Version
Caleb attacked Hebron and forced the three Anakim clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai to leave.
Complete Jewish Bible
Kalev expelled from there three descendants of ‘Anak — Sheshai, Achiman and Talmai, children of ‘Anak.
Darby Translation
And thence Caleb dispossessed the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, who were born of Anak.
Easy-to-Read Version
Caleb forced the three Anakite families living in Hebron to leave there. Those families were Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. They were from the family of Anak.
George Lamsa Translation
And Caleb slew there the three descendants of giants, Sheshai and Ahiman and Tholmai, the descendants of the giants.
Literal Translation
And Caleb dispossessed from there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Caleb droue from thence the thre sonnes of Enak, Sesai, Ahiman, and Thalmas begotten of Enak.
American Standard Version
And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Bible in Basic English
And the three sons of Anak, Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak, were forced out from there by Caleb.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Caleb droue thence the three sonnes of Enac, Sesai, and Ahiman, and Thalmai, which were the sonnes of Enac.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
King James Version (1611)
And Caleb droue thence the three sonnes of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Chaleb the son of Jephone destroyed thence the three sons of Enac, Susi, and Tholami, and Achima.
English Revised Version
And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Berean Standard Bible
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak-the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Caleph dide awei fro it thre sones of Enach, Sisai, and Achyman, and Tholmai, of the generacioun of Enach.
Young's Literal Translation
And Caleb is dispossessing thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, children of Anak,
Update Bible Version
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
World English Bible
Caleb drove out there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
New King James Version
Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak from there: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
New Living Translation
Caleb drove out the three groups of Anakites—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the sons of Anak.
New Life Bible
Caleb drove away from there the three sons of Anak. The children of Anak were Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai.
New Revised Standard
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak, - Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Caleb destroyed out of it the three sons of Enac, Sesai and Ahiman, and Tholmai of the race of Enac.
Revised Standard Version
And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak, She'shai and Ahi'man and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.
THE MESSAGE
Caleb drove out three Anakim from Hebron: Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, all descendants of Anak. He marched up from there against the people of Debir. Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak.

Contextual Overview

13 As the Lord commanded Joshua, part of the territory of Judah was given to Caleb son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah. He received Hebron, the city belonging to Arba, father of Anak. 14 Caleb drove the descendants of Anak out of the city—the clans of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. 15 From there he went to attack the people living in Debir. (This city used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) 16 Caleb said, "I will give my daughter Achsah in marriage to the man who succeeds in capturing Kiriath Sepher." 17 Othniel, the son of Caleb's brother Kenaz, captured the city, so Caleb gave him his daughter Achsah in marriage. 18 On the wedding day Othniel urged her to ask her father for a field. She got down from her donkey, and Caleb asked her what she wanted. 19 She answered, "I want some water holes. The land you have given me is in the dry country." So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 10:36, Joshua 10:37, Joshua 11:21, Numbers 13:22, Numbers 13:23, Judges 1:10, Judges 1:20

Reciprocal: Numbers 13:28 - saw the Deuteronomy 1:28 - we have seen Joshua 14:12 - I shall Joshua 21:11 - the city of Arba Joshua 23:9 - no man

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."
Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, "Sovereign Lord , what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.
Genesis 15:4
Then he heard the Lord speaking to him again: "This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir."
Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."
Genesis 15:6
Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.
Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord said to him, "I am the Lord , who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to give you this land as your own."
Genesis 15:9
He answered, "Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, each of them three years old, and a dove and a pigeon."
Genesis 15:11
Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off.
Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.
Genesis 15:18
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak,.... Some think this was after the death of Joshua, and is here inserted by some other person divinely inspired, and thoroughly acquainted with this fact, that the gift and the possession of this place might appear in one view; but it rather seems to be done before:

Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak; the very same giants Caleb saw at Hebron, when he was sent a spy into the land,

Numbers 13:22; for these may as well be supposed to have lived to this time as himself, unless it can be thought that they were the sons of those men, called by their fathers' names; and though they were driven out when Joshua took Hebron, yet while he was engaged in making other conquests, or however before he died, they regained the possession of that city, and of the parts adjacent to it, from whence Caleb, with the help of his tribe, expelled them, conquered, and slew them, Judges 1:10.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal references.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 15:14. The three sons of AnakJoshua 14:15.


 
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