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    One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Caleb. Every Caleb in the Bible

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    Caleb

    כָּלֵב

    Caleb, one of the twelve spies, remained faithful to God and was granted Hebron as his inheritance.

    verses
    29
    first named
    Numbers 13:6
    last named
    1 Chronicles 6:56
    period
    Egypt and Wilderness – Conquest
    role
    Joshua's compatriot

    Description

    Who was Caleb?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, was one of the twelve spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Num. 13:6). Along with Joshua, Caleb stood firm in his faith and trust in God's promise, encouraging the Israelites to enter the land despite the other spies' negative report (Num. 13:30; 14:6-9). As a result, God commended Caleb for his faithfulness and promised that he would inherit the land he had explored (Num. 14:24, 30, 38; Deut. 1:36). After the conquest of Canaan, Caleb requested and received Hebron as his inheritance (Josh. 14:6-15; 15:13-19; 21:12; Judg. 1:12-15, 20). He drove out the Anakim giants from Hebron and offered his daughter Achsah in marriage to whoever conquered Kirjath Sepher (Josh. 15:14-17; Judg. 1:12-13). Caleb's descendants settled in the Negev region and in the cities of Hebron (1Sam. 30:14; 1Chr. 4:15; 6:56). His faith, courage, and obedience to God made him a prominent figure in Israel's history, and his story is remembered as an example of unwavering trust in God's promises (Num. 32:12; Judg. 3:9).

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Caleb10 of 24 entities the graph connects to Caleb, in one group: events 10. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.Israel2 events · 2,578 versesJudah1 event · 1,023 versesLORD1 event · 1,004 versesMoses3 events · 786 versesGiving5 events · 602 versesJoshua7 events · 189 versesHebron5 events · 57 versesNegeb3 events · 39 versesSpring2 events · 33 versesKadesh2 events · 26 versesCaleb

    The 10 best-attested of 24 are drawn. All 24 are listed below.

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    and 18 more, ordered by how many events they share.

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Caleb happensAll 6 places the claims about Caleb reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Kadesh, Negeb, Zin, Addar, Hebron, Salt_Sea. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Caleb there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.KadeshNegebZinAddarHebronSalt_Sea
    Egypt and WildernessAll 6 places the claims about Caleb reach

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 29, across 6 books.

    1. Numbers9 verses

      13:613:3014:614:2414:3014:3826:6532:1234:19

    2. Deuteronomy1 verse

      1:36

    3. Joshua9 verses

      14:614:1314:1415:1315:1415:1615:1715:1821:12

    4. Judges6 verses

      1:121:131:141:151:203:9

    5. 1 Samuel2 verses

      25:330:14

    6. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      4:156:56

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Caleb and The Man’s giving of Debir, Achsah, and Marriage and Man and Caleb’s giving in marriage of Kiriath Sepher and Achsah, and 2 moreOthnielFirst judge of Israel, Caleb's nephewvia Joshua’s inheritance and Men’s going up, and 1 moreHebronAn important city in Judah; burial place of patriarchs.via Caleb, Joshua, and Children’s bringing of Plunder, Israel, and Children and Joshua’s inheritance, and 1 moreJoshuaMoses' assistant who led Israel into Canaanvia Joshua’s inheritance and Joshua’s allotmentInheritanceInheritance is a concept gathering 64 labelled instances in the text.via Caleb and Moses’ sending of CalebMosesProphet who led Israel out of Egyptvia Caleb and Moses’ sending of CalebSendingSending is a concept gathering 488 labelled instances in the text.via Man and Caleb’s giving in marriage of Kiriath Sepher and AchsahGiving In MarriageGiving In Marriage is a concept gathering 7 labelled instances in the text.via Caleb, Joshua, and Children’s bringing of Plunder, Israel, and ChildrenBringingBringing is a concept gathering 447 labelled instances in the text.via Men’s going upGoing UpGoing Up is a concept gathering 97 labelled instances in the text.

    Where they appear

    Chapter by chapter

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this person appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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