Text: Judges 1:10
OT Text Referred to: Joshua 15:14
Subject: defeat of the Anakites at Hebron
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both Joshua 15:14 and Judges 1:10 record the defeat of the three Anakite clans -- Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai -- at Hebron (formerly Kiriath-arba). Joshua 15:14 attributes the expulsion to Caleb, while Judges 1:10 attributes it to the tribe of Judah, reflecting the corporate identity between Caleb and his tribal context. The naming of identical opponents in both texts confirms these are parallel accounts of the same military action, with the Anakites (עֲנָקִים, Anaqim) representing the archetypal fearsome enemies that had terrified the original spies (Numbers 13:33). Their defeat at Hebron vindicates Caleb's faith forty-five years earlier when he alone declared Israel capable of taking the land.