THEOSISJoshua 14:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacims was laid there and the land rested from wars.
וְשֵׁ֨ם חֶבְר֤וֹן לְפָנִים֙ קִרְיַ֣ת אַרְבַּ֔ע הָאָדָ֧ם הַגָּד֛וֹל בָּעֲנָקִ֖ים ה֑וּא וְהָאָ֥רֶץ שָׁקְטָ֖ה מִמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Josh 11:23So Joshua took all the land, as the Lord spoke to Moses, and delivered it in possession to the children of Israel, according to their divisions and tribes. And the land rested from wars.
- Gen 23:2And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
- Josh 15:13But to Caleb the son of Jephone he gave a portion in the midst of the children of Juda, as the Lord had commanded him: Cariath-Arbe the father of Enac, which is Hebron.
- Judg 3:11And the land rested forty years, and Othoniel, the son of Cenez, died.
- Judg 5:31So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord: but let them that love thee shine, as the sun shineth in his rising.
- Judg 3:30And Moab was humbled that day under the hand of Israel: and the land rested eighty years.
- Judg 8:28But Madian was humbled before the children of Israel, neither could they any more lift up their heads: but the land rested for forty years, while Gedeon presided.