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Sheshai שֵׁשַׁי
Anakite giant defeated by Caleb. Sheshai, one of the Anakite giants, was defeated by Caleb during the conquest of Canaan.
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Where Sheshai appears
Numbers (1), Joshua (1), Judges (1)
Key verses
- Numbers 13:22 first mention — And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
- Joshua 15:14 — And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- Judges 1:10 — And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath-arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.