John Gill's Exposition on Joshua 21:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they gave them the city of Arba, the father of Anak, etc.] Which from him was called Kirjatharba, (<061415>Joshua 14:15); and Anak, according to Kimchi, is not the name of a man, but a general name, comprehending the Anakims, a race of giants, among whom Arba was the chief and principal man, a prince and ruler over them, as Ben Melech: which [city is] Hebron in the hill [country] of Judah; as in (<061415>Joshua 14:15); (see <420139>Luke 1:39,65); with the suburbs thereof round about it; as far as two thousand cubits, which were to put their cattle in, and provision for them.

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