So to the sonsof Aaronthe priestthey gaveHebron,the cityof refugefor the manslayer,with its pasturelands,and Libnahwith its pasturelands,
So EdomrevoltedagainstJudahto thisday.ThenLibnahrevoltedat the sametime.
Then Rabshakehreturnedand foundthe king of AssyriafightingagainstLibnah,for he had heardthat the king had leftLachish.
"The citieswhichyou shall giveto the Levites[shall be] the sixcitiesof refuge,whichyou shall givefor the manslayerto fleeto; and in additionto them you shall giveforty-twocities.
Then Joshuaand allIsraelwith him passedon from Makkedahto Libnah,and foughtagainstLibnah.
Libnahand Etherand Ashan,
and Humtahand Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron),and Zior;ninecitieswith their villages.
So they setapartKedeshin Galileein the hillcountryof Naphtaliand Shechemin the hillcountryof Ephraim,and Kiriath-arba(that is, Hebron)in the hillcountryof Judah.
But the fieldsof the cityand its villagesthey gaveto Calebthe sonof Jephunnehas his possession.