And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
The verse stands in the portion of Joshua that records the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land, coming after the account of Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. Within that portion it belongs to chapters 13-22, which give the account of the distribution of the land of Canaan among the chosen people at their first occupation of it as a nation, drawn from written documents in which the property was accurately described. More specifically, it belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah.
The verse stands in the portion of Joshua that records the conquering of the Canaanites and the division of the land, coming after the account of Achan's sin and its fearful consequences. Within that portion it belongs to chapters 13-22, which give the account of the distribution of the land of Canaan among the chosen people at their first occupation of it as a nation, drawn from written documents in which the property was accurately described. More specifically, it belongs to the list of eleven mountain cities that fell to the lot of the tribe of Judah.