15(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) Then the land had rest from war.


In Context

12 Now give me this hill country that the Lord promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the Lord helping me, I will drive them out just as he said."

13 Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

14 So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the Lord , the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.

15 (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites.) Then the land had rest from war.

Joshua 14:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:15And the name of Hebron before [was] Kirjath-arba; [which Arba was] a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:15The name of Hebron before was called Cariath-Arbe: Adam the greatest among the Enacims was laid there: and the land rested from wars.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:15Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:15Now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-Arba; the great man among the Anakim. And the land rested from war.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:15Now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:15Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. The land had rest from war.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:15and the name of Hebron formerly is Kirjath-Arba (he is the great man among the Anakim); and the land hath rest from war.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:15And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.