A Kenizzite and father of Caleb from the tribe of Judah who lived during the time of the Egyptian slavery and the wilderness wandering of Israel.
About Jephunneh
The father of Caleb. Caleb was one of the 12 spies sent by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Numbers 13:6; 14:6; 26:65; 1 Chronicles 4:15; 6:56). The Bible refers to Jephunneh as a Judahite and a Kenizzite (Joshua 14:6).
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Key References
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
All Scripture References (15)
Numbers (7)
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh;
Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes
Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’
These are their names: Caleb son of Jephunneh from the tribe of Judah;
Deuteronomy (1)
except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land on which he has set foot, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.”
Joshua (5)
Then the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
Therefore Hebron belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance to this day, because he wholly followed the LORD, the God of Israel.
According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
But they had given the fields and villages around the city to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
1 Chronicles (2)
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,