Genesis 13:18
18So Abram moved his tent and came and asettled by the boaks ▼▼Or terebinths
of Mamre, which dare at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord. Genesis 14:13
13Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, ewho was living by the foaks ▼▼Or terebinths
of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram. Genesis 18:1
1And the Lord appeared to him by the hoaks ▼▼Or terebinths
of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. Genesis 23:2
2And Sarah died at jKiriath-arba (that is, kHebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.Genesis 23:19
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.Joshua 14:12-15
12So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the lAnakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the Lord said.”13Then Joshua mblessed him, and he gave nHebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. 14Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, obecause he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 pNow the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba. ▼
▼ Kiriath-arba means the city of Arba
(Arba ▼▼Hebrew He
was the greatest man among the Anakim.) sAnd the land had rest from war. Joshua 15:13
13According to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the people of Judah, tKiriath-arba, that is, uHebron (Arba was the father of Anak).Joshua 21:11
11 vThey gave them wKiriath-arba (Arba being the father of Anak), that is Hebron, xin the hill country of Judah, along with the pasturelands around it.2 Samuel 2:1
David Anointed King of Judah
1After this David yinquired 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 zHebron.”2 Samuel 2:3
3And David brought up aahis men who were with him, everyone with his household, and they lived in the towns of Hebron.2 Samuel 2:11
11 abAnd the time that David was king in Hebron over acthe house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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