And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
2 Chronicles 11:10 - New Revised Standard Version Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities that are in Judah and in Benjamin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. American Standard Version (1901) and Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin, fortified cities. Common English Bible Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. Catholic Public Domain Version as well as Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which were very fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron, which are in Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities. |
And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
After this David inquired of the Lord, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
He made the fortresses strong, and put commanders in them, and stores of food, oil, and wine.
And the Philistines had made raids on the cities in the Shephelah and the Negeb of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they settled there.
They went up into the Negeb, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the Anakites, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
On the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the Lord; and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.”
Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; they assaulted it,
So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholeheartedly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.
According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.