And at that time, in the course of the conquest of the entire country, came Joshua and cut off the Anakim, the race of giants, Numbers 13:28 ff. from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, Joshua 10:36, from Anab, another city south of Hebron, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. This account supplements that of the preceding chapter and shows that the giant race was by no means unconquerable, as the spies had reported on their return to the camp of Israel in Kadesh-barnea.

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