Thus they gavethem Kiriath-arba,[Arba being] the fatherof Anak(that is, Hebron),in the hillcountryof Judah,with its surroundingpasturelands.
Sarahdiedin Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the landof Canaan;and Abrahamwentin to mournfor Sarahand to weepfor her.
Jacobcameto his fatherIsaacat Mamreof Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron),whereAbrahamand Isaachad sojourned.
Now it cameabout at the endof fortyyearsthat Absalomsaidto the king,"Pleaselet me goand paymy vowwhichI have vowedto the LORD,in Hebron.
to them they gaveHebronin the landof Judahand its pasturelandsaroundit;
Nowat thistimeMaryaroseand wentin a hurryto the hill country,to a cityof Judah,
Now the nameof Hebronwas formerlyKiriath-arba;[for Arba] was the greatestmanamong the Anakim.Then the landhadrestfrom war.
and Humtahand Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron),and Zior;ninecitieswith their villages.
and they were for the sonsof Aaron,one of the familiesof the Kohathites,of the sonsof Levi,for the lotwas theirsfirst.
But the fieldsof the cityand its villagesthey gaveto Calebthe sonof Jephunnehas his possession.
So Judahwentagainstthe Canaaniteswho livedin Hebron(now the nameof Hebronformerly[was] Kiriath-arba);and they struckSheshaiand Ahimanand Talmai.
and to those whowere in Hebron,and to allthe placeswhereDavidhimselfand his menwere accustomed to go."