Caleb's request for Hebron — 'Now therefore give me this hill country that the LORD promised me; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. Caleb requests Hebron—the hill country inhabited by the Anakim, Israel's greatest physical threat. The request demonstrates Caleb's faith: he does not ask for easy territory but for the most difficult conquest. The condition 'if so be the LORD will be with me' reiterates his dependence on divine assistance, not mere human strength.

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