John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Joshua 21:11
And they gave them the city of Arba, the father of Anak ,.... Which from him was called Kirjatharba, Joshua 14:15 ; and Anak, according to Kimchi, is not the name of a man, but a general name, comprehending the Anakims, a race of giants, among whom Arba was the chief and principal man, a prince and ruler over them, as Ben Melech: which city is Hebron in the hill country of Judah ; as in Joshua 14:15 ; see Luke 1:39 , with the suburbs thereof round about it ; as far as two... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Joshua 21:9-42
We have here a particular account of the cities which were given to the children of Levi out of the several tribes, not only to be occupied and inhabited by them, as tenants to the several tribes in which they lay?no, their interest in them was not dependent and precarious, but to be owned and possessed by them as lords and proprietors, and as having the same title to them that the rest of the tribes had to their cities or lands, as appears by the law which preserved the house in the Levites?... read more