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The Giants of Hebron
The spies encountered Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai in Hebron. Commentators identify these 'children of Anak' as giants who made the city a formidable, well-defended stronghold. This detail is key to understanding the fear that later gripped ten of the spies and the entire nation.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 13:22
18th Century
Theologian
The ancestor of the Anakim was Arba "the father of Anak" (Joshua 15:13), from whom the city of Hebron took its name of Kirjath-Arba. Ah…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 13:22
19th Century
Bishop
And they ascended by the south, and came. — The latter verb is in the singular number in the Hebrew text: he came.
John Calvin
On Numbers 13:22
16th Century
Theologian
And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron. Their direct course was not, indeed, towards the south, but they proceeded …
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John Gill
On Numbers 13:22
17th Century
Pastor
And they ascended by the south
When they returned, after they had searched the land, then they came into the south c…
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 13:21–25
17th Century
Minister
The searchers of the land brought a bunch of grapes with them, and other fruits, as proofs of the goodness of the country, which was to Israel both…