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Joshua 11:21

At that time Joshua proceeded to eliminate the Anakim from the hill country of Hebron, Debir, and Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and of Israel. Joshua devoted them to destruction, along with their cities.

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ASV

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.

KJV

And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.

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וַיָּבֹ֨אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935 →
יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →
בָּעֵ֣תba.'Etat the timeH6256 →
הַהִ֗יאha.Hi'<the> thatH1931 →
וַיַּכְרֵ֤תvai.yakh.Retand he cut offH3772 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָֽעֲנָקִים֙ha.'a.na.Kimthe AnakitesH6062 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָהָ֤רha.Harthe hill countryH2022 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
חֶבְרוֹן֙chev.rOnHebronH2275 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
דְּבִ֣רde.VirDebirH1688 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
עֲנָ֔ב'a.NavAnabH6024 →
וּמִכֹּל֙u.mi.Koland from allH3605 →
הַ֣רhar[the] hill country ofH2022 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וּמִכֹּ֖לu.mi.Koland from allH3605 →
הַ֣רhar[the] hill country ofH2022 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
עִם־'im-withH5973 →
עָרֵיהֶ֖ם'a.rei.Hemcities theirH5892 →
הֶחֱרִימָ֥םhe.che.ri.Mamhe totally destroyed themH2763 →
יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ye.ho.Shu.a'JoshuaH3091 →

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Deuteronomy 9:2The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”Joshua 15:13–14According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)Deuteronomy 1:28Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw the descendants of the Anakim there.’”Numbers 13:22–23They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.Joshua 11:16So Joshua took this entire region: the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the western foothills, the Arabah, and the mountains of Israel and their foothills,Joshua 15:14And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.Psalms 149:6–9May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,Judges 1:10–11Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.Revelation 6:2So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.Joshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.Numbers 13:33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”Psalms 110:5–6The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.Jeremiah 3:23Surely deception comes from the hills, and commotion from the mountains. Surely the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.Deuteronomy 2:21They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,Joshua 24:11–12After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.Revelation 19:11–21Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.Joshua 14:12–14Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me on that day, for you yourself heard then that the Anakim were there, with great and fortified cities. Perhaps with the LORD’s help I will drive them out, as the LORD has spoken.”Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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