And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is.
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his descendents for ever: but upon David, and upon his descendents, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
And seek the peace of the city to which I have caused you to be taken away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace.
And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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.