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 - Revised Standard Version Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, fortified cities which 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?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up.” David said, “To which shall I go up?” And he said, “To Hebron.”
And 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 descendants of Anak, were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Then spoke Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the men of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand thou still at Gibeon, and thou Moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
Then Joshua went up with all Israel from Eglon to Hebron; and they assaulted it,
So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel.
According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the 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.