Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest, Hebron with its suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with its suburbs,
Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
And among the cities which ye shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the man-slayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba (which is Hebron) and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, (which is Hebron) in the mountain of Judah.
But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.