Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
2 Chronicles 11:10 - Tree of Life Version Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities 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. |
Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep over her.
Now it came to pass after this that David inquired of Adonai saying, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” Adonai said to him, “Go up.” “Where shall I go up?” David asked. “To Hebron,” He said.
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
He also strengthened the fortified towns and put commanders in them, along with stores of food, oil and wine.
while the Philistines had raided the towns in the foothills and in the South of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon and Gederot, as well as Soho, Timnah and Gimzo with their villages.
They continued on up through the Negev and came to Hebron. There lived Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Then Joshua spoke to Adonai, on the day Adonai gave the Amorites over to Bnei-Yisrael, and said in the eyes of Israel: “Sun, stand still over Gibeon, Moon, over the Aijalon Valley!”
Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it.
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed Adonai the God of Israel fully.
Now to Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, at the command of Adonai to Joshua—Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron (Arba was the father of Anak).
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.