Then Israel said to him, ‘Go and see how your brothers and the flocks are doing, and bring word back to me.’ So he sent him from the Hebron Valley, and he went to Shechem.
The responsibility for their deaths will come back to Joab and to his descendants for ever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord for ever.’
The king asked the Cushite, ‘Is the young man Absalom all right? ’ The Cushite replied, ‘I wish that the enemies of my lord the king, along with all who rise up against you with evil intent, would become like that young man.’
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.
Therefore, Hebron still belongs to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite as an inheritance today because he followed the Lord, the God of Israel, completely.
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (Hebron was formerly named Kiriath-arba ). They struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.