Joshua 14:12-15

14:12 Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. 1  But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer 2  them, as the Lord promised.” 14:13 Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. 3  14:14 So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day 4  because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. 14:15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite. 5 ) Then the land was free of war.

1 tn Heb “are there and large, fortified cities.”

2 tn Or “will dispossess.”

3 tn Heb “Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.”

4 tn Heb “Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance to this day.”

5 tn Heb “And he was the great man among the Anakites.”