Notes on Numbers 13:22
This Is Notes On Numbers 13:22 From The Companion Bible.
Numbers 13:22
22. 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.)
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south = the Negeb Compare
to Genesis 12:9; 13:1.
Hebron. Ancient name, Kirjath-arba (or strong
hold of Arba) (Genesis 23: 2,19), because built by
Anak and the sons of Arba. Joshua 14:15; 15:13. The Tel-el-Amarna
Tablets show that certain bands of Hittite condottieri are called
"Khabiri", or "allies" (hence
the name Hebron, which means "confederacy", or friendship,
which is not met with till Ramases II), captured Kirjath-Arba. Ebed-Tob,
king of Jerusalem (see note on Genesis 14:18), in his letters
to Pharaoh frequently mentions these Khabiri (or
confederates of Amorites and Hittites). God's confederacy with His people
in Christ was "before the foundation of the
world". Before Zoan the city of the wise was known.
Ahiman. Driven out by Caleb. Joshua
15: 13,14. Slain by Judah.
Judges 1:10.
children of Anak = home-born persons: usually
of slaves. These were the result of a second irruption of the fallen
angels. See Genesis 6: 4, "after
that". These are called "Nephilim" in verse
33. See Appendix 23
and Appendix
25. The name "Anak" occurs here, and verses 28,33. Deuteronomy
9:2. Joshua
15:14.
built: that is to say, rebuilt
(banah frequently has this meaning). Compare Joshua
6: 26. 1Kings
16:34. 2Kings
14:22. Isaiah
44:28. Amos
9:14.
seven years before Zoan in Egypt. Built by the
first Kings of the nineteenth dynasty (see Appendix 37).
Ramases II made it his capital, compare Isaiah 30: 4 (and is the first
to mention Hebron). Zoan was the scene of the Exodus (see Psalm
78:12,13), and "the
house of bondage"
Zoan. See note on Exodus 1: 10.
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