Joshua 15:54
in Joshua 15Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
KJV
And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
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This verse in Joshua 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir
on Joshua 15:48-62
The hill country and then the wilderness beside the salt sea. Bethlehem is absent from the King James list at verse 59, and the Septuagint carries eleven further towns there including it, which is the largest textual variant in the chapter and is worth naming rather than passing over. Engedi and the City of Salt close the run at verses 62 to 63, in the country where David later hides from Saul.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And when this was done there was a more equal dividend (either in quantity or quality) of the remainder among the seven tribes. And this, probably, was intended in that general rule which was given concerning this partition ( Num. xxxiii.
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And Humtah,.... Of Humtah we nowhere else read: and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron; of Kirjatharba we read frequently; See Gill on Jos 14:15, and Zior; Jerom says (o), that in his time there was a village shown by the name of Sihor, between Aelia (or Jerusalem) and Eleutheropolis, in the tribe of Judah: nine cities with their villages; which is exactly their number, as expressed; here ends the second division, or of the cities in the hill country of Judea; a third follows. (o) De loc. Heb. fol. 94. H.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Kirjath-arba - See the note on Jos 14:15.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְחֻמְטָ֗ה | vechumtah | and Humtah | H2547 → | |
| וְקִרְיַ֥ת | vekiryat | and Kiriath | H7153 → | 18 times |
| אַרְבַּ֛ע | ʾarba' | Arba | H7153 → | 18 times |
| הִ֥יא | hi' | that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| חֶבְר֖וֹן | chevron | [is] Hebron | H2275 → | 72 times |
| וְצִיעֹ֑ר | vetzior | and Zior | H6730 → | |
| עָרִ֥ים | ʾarim | cities | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| תֵּ֖שַׁע | tesha' | nine | H8672 → | 58 times |
| וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ ס | vechatzreihen | and villages their | H2691 → | 191 times |
וְחֻמְטָ֗הand Humtah
vechumtahH2547 →
וְקִרְיַ֥תand Kiriath
vekiryatH7153 →18 times
אַרְבַּ֛עArba
ʾarba'H7153 →18 times
הִ֥יאthat
hi'H1931 →1879 times
חֶבְר֖וֹן[is] Hebron
chevronH2275 →72 times
וְצִיעֹ֑רand Zior
vetziorH6730 →
עָרִ֥יםcities
ʾarimH5892 →1090 times
תֵּ֖שַׁעnine
tesha'H8672 →58 times
וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃ סand villages their
vechatzreihenH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Joshua 14:15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
it leads to
- Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…
- Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
- Joshua 15:13
According 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.)
- Judges 3:11
So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
- Judges 8:28
In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
- Joshua 11:23
Through
Genesis 23:2She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.
it leads to
- Genesis 23:19
After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 6:57
So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
- Genesis 23:19
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.