ARBA is named 'the father of the Anak' in Jos 14:15 (so read also Jos 21:11, cf. Jos 15:13). This means simply that he was the founder of the city which bore his name; that is Kiriath-arba, later Hebron (wh. see), where was a chief seat of the Anakim.
J. F. McCurdy.
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war.
Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord's instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas.
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