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• Kiriath-arbaBible

  Kiriath-arba is the ancient name of Hebron, a town in the hill country of Judah in southern Canaan. The Old Testament explains that the name came from Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.

• HebronBible

  Hebron is an ancient city in the hill country of Judah. Abraham lived there, and it is the site of the cave of Machpelah, where the patriarchs were buried. It is also where David first became king.

• AnakPeople

  Anak was the ancestor of the "children of Anak" (the Anakim), who lived in the region of Hebron (Kirjath-arba) in Canaan. The Bible identifies him as the son of Arba and the father of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

• Cave of MachpelahBible

  The Cave of Machpelah was the cave in a field before Mamre, near Hebron, that Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite in order to bury his wife Sarah. It became the burial place of the patriarchs and their wives.

• EphronPeople

  Ephron, the son of Zohar, was a Hittite who appears in Genesis 23. He owned the field and cave of Machpelah near Hebron and sold them to Abraham for four hundred shekels of silver, and the cave became Sarah's burial place.

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Verses in the King James Version 17, showing 6

• Genesis 23:2

  And Sarah died in Kirjath–arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

• Genesis 35:27

  And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned.

• Joshua 14:15

  And the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.

• Joshua 15:13

  And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.

• Joshua 15:54

  And Humtah, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

• Joshua 20:7

  And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath–arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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