fSee Josh. 14:15
Genesis 23:2
2And Sarah died at aKiriath-arba (that is, bHebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.Genesis 35:27
27And Jacob came to his father Isaac at cMamre, or dKiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned.Numbers 13:22
22They went up into ethe Negeb and came to fHebron. gAhiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the hdescendants of Anak, were there. ( iHebron was built seven years before jZoan in Egypt.)Joshua 14:13
13Then Joshua kblessed him, and he gave lHebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.Joshua 14:15
15 mNow 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.) pAnd the land had rest from war.
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