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south = the Negeb. Compare Gen_12:9; Gen_13:1).
Hebron. Ancient name, Kirjath-arba (or stronghold of Arba) (Gen_23:2, Gen_23:19), because built by Anak and the sons of Arba. Jos_14:15; Jos_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 Gen_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. Jos_15:13, Jos_15:14. Slain by Judah. Jdg_1:10.
children of Anak = home-born persons: usually of slaves. These were the result of a second irruption of the fallen angels. See Gen_6:4, "after that". These are called "Nephilim" in Num_13:33. See App-23and App-25. The name "Anak" occurs here, and verses: Num_13:28, Num_13:33. Deu_9:2. Jos_15:14.
built: i.e. rebuilt (banah frequently has this meaning). Compare Jos_6:26. 1Ki_16:34. 2Ki_14:22. Isa_44:28. Amo_9:14.
seven years before Zoan in Egypt. Built by the first kings of the nineteenth dynasty (see App-37). Ramases II made it his capital, compare Isa_30:4 (and is the first to mention Hebron). Zoan was the scene of the Exodus (see Psa_78:12, Psa_78:13), and "the house of bondage"
Zoan. See note on Exo_1:10.