SEV Biblia, Chapter 1:10
Y partió Judá contra el cananeo que habitaba en Hebrón, la cual se llamaba antes Quiriat-arba; e hirieron a Sesai, a Ahiman, y a Talmai.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron , etc.] Hebron was first taken by Joshua, and the inhabitants of it put to the sword, ( Joshua 10:36,37); but while Joshua was employed in making other conquests, the Canaanites found ways and means of getting into the possession of it again; wherefore, when a grant of it was made to Caleb, he, with the assistance of the tribe of Judah, of which he was prince, regained it, ( Joshua 15:12,14); wherefore what is recorded here is only a repetition of what was then done; unless it can be thought that this fact was there inserted by anticipation, or that there were two expeditions of the children of Judah against this place: now the name of Hebron, before [was] Kirjatharba : (see Joshua 14:15); in the first of which Caleb, with the assistance of this tribe, drove out the three giants only, who afterwards got possession again, and in this put them to death, as follows: and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai ; (see Numbers 13:22) ( Joshua 15:14); but what follows concerning their going from hence to Debir, and the offer of Caleb to give his daughter in marriage to whomsoever should take it, does not seem so well to agree with times after the death of Joshua; since it is highly probable that Caleb, who was contemporary with him and Eleazar, was now dead, and at least cannot well be thought to have a young daughter at this time undisposed of in marriage; wherefore these facts are only repeated upon observing Judah’s having taken Jerusalem, to show what exploits were performed by men of that tribe; wherefore for what is after said, ( Judges 1:11-15), as is said in ( Joshua 15:15-19), where the same things are related in express words as here, containing the request of Caleb’s daughter: such an one, as made to Domitian, is related by Martial f11 .
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 9-20 - The Canaanites had iron chariots; but Israel had God on their side whose chariots are thousands of angels, Ps 68:17. Yet they suffere their fears to prevail against their faith. About Caleb we read in Jo 15:16-19. The Kenites had settled in the land. Israel let them fi where they pleased, being a quiet, contented people. They that moleste none, were molested by none. Blessed are the meek, for they shal inherit the earth.
Original Hebrew
וילך 1980 יהודה 3063 אל 413 הכנעני 3669 היושׁב 3427 בחברון 2275 ושׁם 8034 חברון 2275 לפנים 6440 קרית ארבע 7153 ויכו 5221 את 853 שׁשׁי 8344 ואת 853 אחימן 289 ואת 853 תלמי׃ 8526
