2 Chronicles 11:10
8 Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9 Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
11 He strengthened their fortresses and put officers in them, with supplies of food, oil, and wine.
12 He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
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- BSB
- Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
- KJV
- And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities.
- WEB
- Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- ASV
- and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
- DARBY
- and Zorah, and Ajalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities.
- BLB
- and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, the fortified cities.
- ÅB
- og Sor'a og Ajalon og Hebron, som alle lå i Juda og i Benjamin, om til faste byer.
- OTB
- inkludert Sora, Ajalon og Hebron, som var befestede byer i Juda og i Benjamin.
- B1930
- og Sor'a og Ajalon og Hebron, som alle lå i Juda og i Benjamin, om til faste byer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 15:33
These were in the foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah,
Read in contextGenesis 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.
Read in contextJoshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
Read in context2 Samuel 2:11
And the length of time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Read in contextJoshua 19:41–42
The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,
Read in contextJoshua 14:14
Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
Read in contextNumbers 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.
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