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Joshua 14:13

So Joshua prayed that God would favor him. And he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his share.

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.
New English Translation
Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron.
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 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 Then the sons of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God about you and me in Kadesh-barnea. 7 I was forty years old when the Lord's servant Moses sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land. I returned with news for him as it was in my heart. 8 My brothers who went up with me made the heart of the people weak with fear. But I followed the Lord my God with all my heart. 9 So Moses promised on that day, ‘For sure the land where your foot has stepped will be a gift to you and your children forever. Because you have followed the Lord my God with all your heart.' 10 Now see, the Lord has let me live, as He said, these forty-five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel walked in the desert. Today I am eighty-five years old. 11 I am as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me. I am as strong now as I was then, for war, or for anything. 12 So now give me this hill country the Lord spoke about on that day. For you heard then that big powerful men were there, with strong cities with high walls. If the Lord will be with me, I will drive them out just as the Lord said." 13 So Joshua prayed that God would favor him. And he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his share. 14 Hebron became the land of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day. Because he followed the Lord God of Israel with all his heart. 15 The name of Hebron had been Kiriath-arba. For Arba was the most powerful among the big powerful men. Then the land had rest from 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
and the Jebusite, the Amorite, the Girgashite,
Genesis 14:24
I will take nothing but what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me. Let Aner, Eshcol and Mamre take their share."
Genesis 39:14
she called the men of her house. And she said to them, "See, this Hebrew has been brought to us to make fun of us. He came in to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
Genesis 40:15
For I was stolen from the land of the Hebrews. And here also I have done nothing for which they should put me in prison."
Genesis 41:12
A young Hebrew was there with us. He worked for the head of the soldiers. We told our dreams to him. And he told us the meaning of them. He told each of us what our different dreams meant.
Genesis 43:32
So they brought food to Joseph by himself, and to them by themselves, and to the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves. The Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews because they thought it would be sinful.
Exodus 2:6
She opened it and saw the child. The boy was crying. She had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
Exodus 2:11
One day after Moses had grown up, he went out to his brothers and saw how hard they worked. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people,
Numbers 21:21
Then Israel sent men to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
1 Samuel 4:12
A man of Benjamin ran from the battle and came to Shiloh the same day. His clothes were torn and he had dust 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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