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Numbers 13:22

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 13:22

Verse 22 of 33

Scripture focus

And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, [were]. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

Numbers 13:22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 13:22

Theological / Devotional

By the south. Into the Negeb (see v. 17).

Hebron. A city about 20 mi. south of Jerusalem (Judges 1:10).

Children of Anak. The name is thought by some to mean “the children of the neck,” and so to infer that they were a long-necked people. The root word is translated “chain,” that is, a chain for the neck (Judges 8:26; Prov. 1:9; S. of Sol. 4:9). The inference is that these people around Hebron were tall, wiry men (see Deut. 1:28 ; 9:2).

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