Hebron
헤브론 חֶבְרוֹן
A highland town in the hill country of Judah by the oaks of Mamre. Abraham built an altar and lived there, and Sarah and Abraham were buried in the cave of Machpelah. Numbers 13:22 has the spies come to it going up by the South: Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there, and it was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. Joshua 10:3 names Hoham king of Hebron, 10:5 counts the king of Hebron among the five kings of the Amorites and 10:23 among those five kings brought out of the cave, and at 10:36–37 Joshua goes up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron, and they fight against it, take it, and strike it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it, and he leaves no one remaining. Joshua 14:13–15 says that Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron for an inheritance, and that Hebron became Caleb’s inheritance to this day; “Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim.” Joshua 20:7 says that Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah was set apart; 21:11–13 says that Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), with its pasture lands around it, was given to the children of Aaron, but the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession, and calls Hebron the city of refuge for the man slayer. 2 Samuel 2:1–3 says that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?”, and the LORD said to him, “Go up”, that David said, “Where shall I go up?”, and he said, “To Hebron”, and that David went up there with his two wives and brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household, and they lived in the cities of Hebron; 2:4 says, “The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah”; and 2:11 says, “The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.” 2 Samuel 3:2–5 says that sons were born to David in Hebron; 3:27 that when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate and struck him there, so that he died; 3:32 that they buried Abner in Hebron; 4:9–12 that David’s young men killed Rechab and Baanah his brother, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron, and that the head of Ishbosheth was buried in Abner’s grave in Hebron; and 5:1–5 that all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and anointed David king over Israel, and that in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months. 2 Samuel 15:7–10 says that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron”; that the king said to him, “Go in peace”, and he arose and went to Hebron; and that Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
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- 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp
1Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:
4six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1CH 11:1–3, engwebp
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. The LORD your God said to you, ‘You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel.’”
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, according to the LORD’s word by Samuel.
- 1CH 12:23–37, engwebp
23These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the LORD’s word.
24The children of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed for war.
25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war: seven thousand one hundred.
26Of the children of Levi: four thousand six hundred.
27Jehoiada was the leader of the household of Aaron; and with him were three thousand seven hundred,
28and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty-two captains.
29Of the children of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand, for until then, the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to Saul’s house.
30Of the children of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.
31Of the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.
32Of the children of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their heads were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their command.
33Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array with all kinds of instruments of war: fifty thousand who could command and were not of double heart.
34Of Naphtali: one thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty-seven thousand.
35Of the Danites who could set the battle in array: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.
36Of Asher, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array: forty thousand.
37On the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all kinds of instruments of war for the battle: one hundred twenty thousand.
- 1CH 12:38–40, engwebp
38All these were men of war who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
39They were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brothers had supplied provisions for them.
40Moreover those who were near to them, as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, on camels, on mules, and on oxen: supplies of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, wine, oil, cattle, and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.
- 1CH 29:26–30, engwebp
26Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
28He died at a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
30with all his reign and his might, and the events that involved him, Israel, and all the kingdoms of the lands.
- 1KI 2:10–12, engwebp
10David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
11The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
12Solomon sat on David his father’s throne; and his kingdom was firmly established.
- 1SA 30:27–31, engwebp
27He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
28to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
29to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
30to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
31to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
- 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- 2SA 2:1–4, engwebp
1After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
2So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
3David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
4The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, “The men of Jabesh Gilead were those who buried Saul.”
- 2SA 2:8–11, engwebp
8Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s army, had taken Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
9He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, over Benjamin, and over all Israel.
10Ishbosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
11The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
- 2SA 2:29–32, engwebp
29Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah; and they passed over the Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim.
30Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen men of David’s and Asahel were missing.
31But David’s servants had struck Benjamin and Abner’s men so that three hundred sixty men died.
32They took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
- 2SA 3:2–5, engwebp
2Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
3and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
- 2SA 3:17–21, engwebp
17Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, “In times past, you sought for David to be king over you.
18Now then do it! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.’”
19Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
21Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.” David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
- 2SA 3:22–27, engwebp
22Behold, David’s servants and Joab came from a raid and brought in a great plunder with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
23When Joab and all the army who was with him had come, they told Joab, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
24Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it that you have sent him away, and he is already gone?
25You know Abner the son of Ner. He came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.”
26When Joab had come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David didn’t know it.
27When Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2SA 3:31–35, engwebp
31David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, and clothe yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn in front of Abner.” King David followed the bier.
32They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
33The king lamented for Abner, and said, “Should Abner die as a fool dies?
34Your hands weren’t bound, and your feet weren’t put into fetters. As a man falls before the children of iniquity, so you fell.” All the people wept again over him.
35All the people came to urge David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David swore, saying, “God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, until the sun goes down.”
- 2SA 4:1–3, engwebp
1When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
2Saul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. The name of one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin (for Beeroth also is considered a part of Benjamin;
3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have lived as foreigners there until today).
- 2SA 4:5–8, engwebp
5The sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went out and came at about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth as he took his rest at noon.
6They came there into the middle of the house as though they would have fetched wheat, and they struck him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.
7Now when they came into the house as he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him, killed him, beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night.
8They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
- 2SA 4:9–12, engwebp
9David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
10when someone told me, ‘Behold, Saul is dead,’ thinking that he brought good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news.
11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed, should I not now require his blood from your hand, and rid the earth of you?”
12David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
- 2SA 5:1–3, engwebp
1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
2In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.
- 2SA 5:4–5, engwebp
4David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
- 2SA 5:13–16, engwebp
13David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
14These are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
- 2SA 15:7–12, engwebp
7At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
8For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, ‘If the LORD shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.’”
9The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
10But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
11Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.
12Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom.
- GEN 13:18, engwebp
18Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
- GEN 23:1–2, engwebp
1Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years. This was the length of Sarah’s life.
2Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
- GEN 23:19, engwebp
19After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
- GEN 25:8, engwebp
8Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.
- GEN 25:9, engwebp
9Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is near Mamre,
- GEN 35:27–29, engwebp
27Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
28The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.
29Isaac gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.
- JDG 1:10, engwebp
10Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
- JDG 1:20, engwebp
20They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
- JDG 16:1–3, engwebp
1Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a prostitute, and went in to her.
2The Gazites were told, “Samson is here!” They surrounded him and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, “Wait until morning light; then we will kill him.”
3Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
- JOS 10:1–5, engwebp
1Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them,
2they were very afraid, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty.
3Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
4“Come up to me and help me. Let’s strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”
5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
- JOS 10:22–27, engwebp
22Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”
23They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
24When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
25Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”
26Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.
27At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.
- JOS 10:36–37, engwebp
36Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
37They took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls who were in it.
- JOS 10:38–39, engwebp
38Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
- JOS 11:21–22, engwebp
21Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
22There were none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel. Only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.
- JOS 12:7–24, engwebp
7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
- JOS 14:13–15, engwebp
13Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron 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, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
15Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
- JOS 15:13–14, engwebp
13He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
14Caleb drove out the three sons of Anak: Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
- JOS 15:52–54, engwebp
52Arab, Dumah, Eshan,
53Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah,
54Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
- JOS 20:7–8, engwebp
7They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
8Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- NEH 11:25–30, engwebp
25As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26in Jeshua, in Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its towns,
28in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
29in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
- NUM 13:21–24, engwebp
21So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath.
22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
23They came to the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it on a staff between two. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
24That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from there.
- NUM 13:22, engwebp
22They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
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Unresolved interpretation: The cities of the Levites in Joshua 21 and 1 Chronicles 6
- 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 give the dwelling places of the Levites. 6:60 gives all the cities of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, as thirteen; 6:61–63 give ten cities to the rest of the sons of Kohath, thirteen to the sons of Gershom, and twelve to the sons of Merari; 6:57 opens its cities with “To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge”, and 6:67 with “They gave to them the cities of refuge”.
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- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1CH 6:61–65, engwebp
61To the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.
62To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64The children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands.
65They gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
- 1CH 6:66–70, engwebp
66Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
68Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
69Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;
70and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
- 1CH 6:71–76, engwebp
71To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
72and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
73Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
74and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
75Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
76and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
- 1CH 6:77–81, engwebp
77To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, and Tabor with its pasture lands;
78and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
79Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
80and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
81Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.
- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
- Joshua 21:9–40 gives thirteen cities to the children of Aaron the priest, ten to the rest of the families of the children of Kohath, thirteen to the Gershonites and twelve to the children of Merari, and calls Hebron (21:13), Shechem (21:21), Golan (21:27), Kedesh in Galilee (21:32) and Ramoth in Gilead (21:38) the city of refuge for the man slayer.
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- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:20–26, engwebp
20The families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
21They gave them Shechem with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Gezer with its pasture lands,
22Kibzaim with its pasture lands, and Beth Horon with its pasture lands: four cities.
23Out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands,
24Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: four cities.
25Out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with its pasture lands, and Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands: two cities.
26All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:27–33, engwebp
27They gave to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Be Eshterah with its pasture lands: two cities.
28Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
29Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En Gannim with its pasture lands: four cities.
30Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
31Helkath with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands: four cities.
32Out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Hammothdor with its pasture lands, and Kartan with its pasture lands: three cities.
33All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
- JOS 21:34–40, engwebp
34To the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands, Kartah with its pasture lands,
35Dimnah with its pasture lands, and Nahalal with its pasture lands: four cities.
36Out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with its pasture lands, Jahaz with its pasture lands,
37Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands: four cities.
38Out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, and Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
39Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands: four cities in all.
40All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites. Their lot was twelve cities.
- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
Joshua 21:9–40 and 1 Chronicles 6:54–81 give the cities given to the sons of Aaron, to the rest of the sons of Kohath, to the sons of Gershon and to the sons of Merari, and both editions name many of them differently: where Joshua names Holon, Ain, Almon, Kibzaim, Taanach, Gath Rimmon (21:25), Be Eshterah, Kishion, Jarmuth, En Gannim, Mishal, Helkath, Hammothdor, Kartan and Jahaz, 1 Chronicles names Hilen, Ashan, Allemeth, Jokmeam, Aner, Bileam, Ashtaroth, Kedesh, Ramoth, Anem, Mashal, Hukok, Hammon, Kiriathaim and Jahzah; and for Jokneam, Kartah, Dimnah and Nahalal, which Joshua 21:34–35 names out of the tribe of Zebulun, 1 Chronicles 6:77 names Rimmono and Tabor. Joshua’s Juttah, Gibeon, Elteke and Gibbethon are not named in 1 Chronicles 6. 1 Chronicles 6:69 names Aijalon and Gath Rimmon after the cities given out of the tribe of Ephraim, where Joshua 21:23–24 gives the two out of the tribe of Dan, and 1 Chronicles 6 does not name Dan. 1 Chronicles 6:57 and 6:67 open their cities with “the cities of refuge”, where Joshua 21 calls Hebron, Shechem, Golan, Kedesh in Galilee and Ramoth in Gilead the city of refuge for the man slayer. 1 Chronicles 6:60 gives thirteen, 6:61 ten and 6:63 twelve, and the names of 6:54–60, 6:66–70 and 6:77–81 do not reach those numbers. This collection records each book’s list as its verses give it, links only the same names, and does not decide how the two lists fit together.
Geographic sources & candidates
The legacy pin is about 0.71 km from the submitted Tell el-Rumeida coordinate. Ancient site and later Old Town are different targets, so no automatic replacement. A sourced archaeological point does not verify a biblical event.
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- Tell el-Rumeida
source-identified archaeological site; replacement pending
31.523894, 35.102611, N31 31 26.02 E35 6 9.4
State of Palestine submission — Canaanite city-states - Hebron / Al-Khalil Old Town
heritage area, not an exact patriarchal location
UNESCO — Hebron / Al-Khalil Old Town
Legacy coordinate (audit record): 31.5298, 35.0998
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Abraham — Lived in — Hebron
Evidence: Genesis 13:18
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Narrated location (18) — Sarah dies at Kiriath Arba, Isaac dies at Mamre, and Esau and Jacob bury him, The land spied out from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob; the cluster from Eshcol, Hebron struck with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, The Anakim cut off from Hebron, Debir and Anab, David goes up to Hebron, and the men of Judah anoint him king over the house of Judah, Abner brings Ishbosheth the son of Saul over to Mahanaim and makes him king, Abner speaks with the elders of Israel and comes to David to Hebron, Joab takes Abner aside into the middle of the gate and strikes him, so that he dies, King David follows Abner’s bier and laments for him, Rechab and Baanah strike Ishbosheth as he lies on his bed, and bring his head to David at Hebron, David answers Rechab and Baanah his brother, and commands his young men, All the elders of Israel anoint David king over Israel in Hebron, Absalom goes to Hebron, sends spies, and sends for Ahithophel, David’s counselor, The six sons born to David in Hebron, and the years David reigned, All Israel gather to David at Hebron, David makes a covenant with the elders of Israel, and they anoint him king over Israel, The numbers of those armed for war who came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, The men of war come to Hebron to make David king over all Israel, and are there with David three days, eating and drinking
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Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to the LORD.
Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (that is, Hebron), in the land of Canaan.
Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.
They went up by the South, and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)
Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.
Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it.
He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war.
He gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron).
Humtah, Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages.
They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron. (The name of Hebron before that was Kiriath Arba.) They struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had said, and he drove the three sons of Anak out of there.
Samson lay until midnight, then arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city, with the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.
to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.
After this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?” The LORD said to him, “Go up.” David said, “Where shall I go up?” He said, “To Hebron.”
David brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household. They lived in the cities of Hebron.
The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
They took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which was in Bethlehem. Joab and his men went all night, and the day broke on them at Hebron.
Sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah, David’s wife. These were born to David in Hebron.
Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin; and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.
Behold, David’s servants and Joab came from a raid and brought in a great plunder with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
When Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother.
They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.
When Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
They brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, “Behold, the head of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life! The LORD has avenged my lord the king today of Saul and of his offspring.”
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in Abner’s grave in Hebron.
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
David took more concubines and wives for himself out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David.
At the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron.
The king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
six were born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months. He reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem;
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. They anointed David king over Israel, according to the LORD’s word by Samuel.
These are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the LORD’s word.
All these were men of war who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in Hebron, and he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
As for the villages with their fields, some of the children of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Hebron (place-hebron) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/hebron Current wording: A highland town in the hill country of Judah by the oaks of Mamre. Abraham built an altar and lived there, and Sarah and Abraham were buried in the cave of Machpelah. Numbers 13:22 has the spies come to it going up by the South: Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there, and it was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt. Joshua 10:3 names Hoham king of Hebron, 10:5 counts the king of Hebron among the five kings of the Amorites and 10:23 among those five kings brought out of the cave, and at 10:36–37 Joshua goes up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron, and they fight against it, take it, and strike it with the edge of the sword, with its king and all its cities, and all the souls who were in it, and he leaves no one remaining. Joshua 14:13–15 says that Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron for an inheritance, and that Hebron became Caleb’s inheritance to this day; “Now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim.” Joshua 20:7 says that Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron) in the hill country of Judah was set apart; 21:11–13 says that Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), with its pasture lands around it, was given to the children of Aaron, but the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession, and calls Hebron the city of refuge for the man slayer. 2 Samuel 2:1–3 says that David inquired of the LORD, saying, “Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?”, and the LORD said to him, “Go up”, that David said, “Where shall I go up?”, and he said, “To Hebron”, and that David went up there with his two wives and brought up his men who were with him, every man with his household, and they lived in the cities of Hebron; 2:4 says, “The men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah”; and 2:11 says, “The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.” 2 Samuel 3:2–5 says that sons were born to David in Hebron; 3:27 that when Abner had returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate and struck him there, so that he died; 3:32 that they buried Abner in Hebron; 4:9–12 that David’s young men killed Rechab and Baanah his brother, cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron, and that the head of Ishbosheth was buried in Abner’s grave in Hebron; and 5:1–5 that all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron and anointed David king over Israel, and that in Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months. 2 Samuel 15:7–10 says that Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron”; that the king said to him, “Go in peace”, and he arose and went to Hebron; and that Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’” Cited evidence: 1CH 3:1–4, engwebp / 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp / 1CH 11:1–3, engwebp / 1CH 12:23–37, engwebp / 1CH 12:38–40, engwebp / 1CH 29:26–30, engwebp / 1KI 2:10–12, engwebp / 1SA 30:27–31, engwebp (and 38 more of 46) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.