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Judges 1:10
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Judah’s military advance following their initial campaign against the Canaanites in the hill country, Negev, and foothills. This action occurs during the post-Joshua conquest phase as the tribe systematically secures its allotted territory.
The words — יְהוּדָ֗ה (ye.hu.Dah) = "Judah" identifies the acting tribe, while בְּ/חֶבְר֔וֹן (be./chev.Ron) = "in Hebron" fixes the geographic target. וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ (va/i.Ye.lekh) = "and he went/marched" denotes the directed movement toward that location.
The thread — The text echoes the spies’ report in Numbers 13:22, which noted Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai dwelling in Hebron. Joshua 14:15 later confirms Hebron's former name as Kiriath-arba and marks the subsequent land rest.
Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that Judah's campaign fulfills earlier intelligence reports and executes territorial judgment. It requires the reader to track how specific conquests align with prior divine and historical markers.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Cross-references
- Numbers 13:22 They 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 14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
- Numbers 13:33 We 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!”
- 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 1:20 Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11 I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
- Jeremiah 9:23 This 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.
- Psalms 33:16 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.