Joshua 15:25

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

American King James Version (AKJV)

And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

American Standard Version (ASV)

and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor),

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (which is Hazor);

Webster's Revision

And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor,

World English Bible

Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (the same is Hazor),

English Revised Version (ERV)

and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the same is Hazor);

Barnes's Joshua 15:25 Bible Commentary

And Hezron which is Hazor - In this verse are the names of two towns only, not of four. Two places bearing the common topographical appellation, Hazor ("enclosure") are here mentioned and distinguished as "Hazor Hadattah" and "Kerioth-Hezron," otherwise termed Hazor, simply: the former has been identified by some with "El-Hudhera"; the latter is probably the modern "El-Kuryetein". Kerioth, prefixed to a name, bespeaks military occupation, as Hazor points to pastoral pursuits. The place would therefore seem to be an ancient pastoral settlement which had been fortified by the Anakims, and called accordingly Kerioth; to which name the men of Judah, after they had captured it, added that of Hezron, in honor of one of their leading ancestors (compare Genesis 46:12; Ruth 4:18). Kerioth was the home of Judas the traitor, if the ordinary derivation of Iscariot ( equals קריות אישׁ 'ı̂ysh qerı̂yôth), i. e. man of Kerioth) be accepted: Matthew 10:4.

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