The town of Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses had promised. And Caleb drove out the people living there, who were descendants of the three sons of Anak.
This territory included Hebron and its surrounding pasturelands in Judah,but the fields and outlying areas belonging to the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Kiriath arba( that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding pasturelands.( Arba was an ancestor of Anak.)But the open fields beyond the town and the surrounding villages were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
From Eglon, Joshua and the Israelite army went up to Hebron and attacked it.They captured the town and killed everyone in it, including its king, leaving no survivors. They did the same thing to all of its surrounding villages. And just as he had done at Eglon, he completely destroyed the entire population.
The Lord commanded Joshua to assign some of Judah’s territory to Caleb son of Jephunneh. So Caleb was given the town of Kiriath arba( that is, Hebron), which had been named after Anak’s ancestor.
I would still choose my dove, my perfect one— the favorite of her mother, dearly loved by the one who bore her. The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:
