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Joshua 14:13

Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   Caleb;   Hebron;   Obedience;   Thompson Chain Reference - Blessings;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Caleb;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Anakim, the;   Hittites;   Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Anak;   Caleb;   Hebron;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   Debir;   Hebron;   Judah, Tribe of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Othniel;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Hebron;   Joshua, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caleb;   Joshua;   Moses;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Caleb;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hebron;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Caleb;   Hebron;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Caleb;   Joshua (2);   Joshua, Book of;   Judah, Territory of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anakim;   Giants;   Judah, Tribe of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as an inheritance.
Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua blessed him; and he gave Hevron to Kalev the son of Yefunneh for an inheritance.
King James Version
And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
English Standard Version
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
New Century Version
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his own.
Amplified Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
New American Standard Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Contemporary English Version
Joshua prayed that God would help Caleb, then he gave Hebron to Caleb and his descendants.
Complete Jewish Bible
Y'hoshua blessed him and gave Hevron to Kalev the son of Y'funeh as his inheritance.
Darby Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Easy-to-Read Version
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh. Joshua gave him the city of Hebron as his own.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jophaniah, and gave him Hebron and its environs as an inheritance.
Good News Translation
Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him the city of Hebron as his possession.
Literal Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then Iosua blessed him, and so gaue Hebron vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune.
American Standard Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua gave him his blessing; and he gave Hebron to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, for his heritage.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosuah blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephune, Hebron to inherite.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua blessed him, and gaue vnto Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Chebron to Chaleb the son of Jephone the son of Kenez for an inheritance.
English Revised Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue blesside hym, and yaf to hym Ebron in to possessioun.
Young's Literal Translation
And Joshua blesseth him, and giveth Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance,
Update Bible Version
And Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance.
World English Bible
Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
New King James Version
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.
New Living Translation
So Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave Hebron to him as his portion of land.
New Life Bible
So Joshua prayed that God would favor him. And he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his share.
New Revised Standard
Then Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue blessed him, and gave him Hebron in possession.
Revised Standard Version
Then Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh for an inheritance.
THE MESSAGE
Joshua blessed him. He gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite still today, because he gave himself totally to God , the God of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.

Contextual Overview

6 The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. 7 I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord 's servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. 8 My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. 9 That day Moses made this solemn promise: ‘Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.' 10 So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. 11 Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. 12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised." 13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. 14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. 15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

blessed: Joshua 22:6, Genesis 47:7, Genesis 47:10, 1 Samuel 1:17, Song of Solomon 6:9

gave unto: Joshua 10:36, Joshua 10:37, Joshua 15:13, Joshua 21:11, Joshua 21:12, Judges 1:20, 1 Chronicles 6:55, 1 Chronicles 6:56

Reciprocal: Genesis 13:18 - Hebron Genesis 27:4 - that my Genesis 37:14 - Hebron Numbers 13:22 - Hebron 1 Samuel 30:14 - Caleb 1 Samuel 30:31 - Hebron 2 Chronicles 27:4 - the mountains

Cross-References

Genesis 10:16
the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites,
Genesis 14:24
I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—let them take their share."
Genesis 39:14
she called for her household servants and said to them, "See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly.
Genesis 40:15
for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."
Genesis 41:12
Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us.
Genesis 43:32
They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.)
Exodus 2:6
opened it, and saw the child—a boy, crying!—and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
Exodus 2:11
In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people.
Numbers 21:21
Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying,
1 Samuel 4:12
On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua blessed him,.... By granting him his request, congratulating him upon it, and praying for and wishing him success in his attempt to drive out the giants, and possess their country:

and gave unto Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, Hebron for an inheritance; being satisfied of the justness of his suit, of its being the will of God, and the order of Moses, that he should have this for an inheritance, which he had heard himself, had knowledge of, and well remembered: this is to be understood not of the city of Hebron itself, for that was given to the Levites, and was a city of refuge, but the country round about in the fields and villages annexed to it, as appears from Joshua 21:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 14:13. Joshua blessed him — As the word bless often signifies to speak good or well of or to any person, (Genesis 2:3), here it may mean the praise bestowed on Caleb's intrepidity and faithfulness by Joshua, as well as a prayer to God that he might have prosperity in all things; and especially that the Lord might be with him, as himself had expressed in the preceding verse.


 
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