Some time later, David enquired of the Lord: ‘Should I go to one of the towns of Judah? ’ The Lord answered him, ‘Go.’ Then David asked, ‘Where should I go? ’ ‘To Hebron,’ the Lord replied.
Then Absalom sent agents throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: ‘When you hear the sound of the ram’s horn, you are to say, “Absalom has become king in Hebron! ” ’
Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, ‘It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.’
They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, were living. Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.
He gave Caleb son of Jephunneh the following portion among the descendants of Judah based on the Lord’s instruction to Joshua: Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron; Arba was the father of Anak).