Joshua 21:11

WEB

They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (the same is Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its suburbs around it.

KJV

And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it.

Commentary

And they gave them the city of Arba, the father of Anak,.... Which from him was called Kirjatharba, Jos 14:1 5 ; 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 Jos 14:15 ; see Luk 1:39 , with the suburbs thereof round about it; as far as two thousand cubits, which were to put their cattle in, and provision for them.