Luke 1:39

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Mary Visits Elizabeth

³⁹At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea,^(A)

Luke 1:65

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⁶⁵All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea^(A) people were talking about all these things.

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Luke 1:65 in all English translations

Joshua 21:9-11

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⁹From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name ¹⁰(these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):

¹¹They gave them Kiriath Arba^(A) (that is, Hebron^(B)), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

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Joshua 20:7

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⁷So they set apart Kedesh^(A) in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem^(B) in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba^(C) (that is, Hebron^(D)) in the hill country of Judah.^(E)

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Joshua 15:48-59

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⁴⁸In the hill country:

Shamir,^(A) Jattir,^(B) Sokoh,^(C) ⁴⁹Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir^(D)), ⁵⁰Anab,^(E) Eshtemoh,^(F) Anim, ⁵¹Goshen,^(G) Holon^(H) and Giloh^(I)—eleven towns and their villages.

⁵²Arab, Dumah,^(J) Eshan, ⁵³Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, ⁵⁴Humtah, Kiriath Arba^(K) (that is, Hebron) and Zior—nine towns and their villages.

⁵⁵Maon,^(L) Carmel,^(M) Ziph,^(N) Juttah,^(O) ⁵⁶Jezreel,^(P) Jokdeam, Zanoah,^(Q) ⁵⁷Kain, Gibeah^(R) and Timnah^(S)—ten towns and their villages.

⁵⁸Halhul, Beth Zur,^(T) Gedor,^(U) ⁵⁹Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon—six towns and their villages.^[a]

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Footnotes

Joshua 15:59 The Septuagint adds another district of eleven towns, including Tekoa and Ephrathah (Bethlehem).

Joshua 10:40

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⁴⁰So Joshua subdued the whole region, including the hill country, the Negev,^(A) the western foothills and the mountain slopes,^(B) together with all their kings.^(C) He left no survivors. He totally destroyed all who breathed, just as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded.^(D)