Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah
These are the City of Refuges shall be appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. These six cities are on either side of the Jordan and are under the supervision of the Levites. These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel and for the stranger that sojourned among them, that whosoever killed any person unaware might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. (Joshua 20:1-9 KJV).
Hebron is a city in south in the mountain of Judah, approximately twenty miles south of Jerusalem and approximately twenty miles north of Beersheba and near where Abraham built an altar unto the LORD. Abraham dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, there Abraham built an altar unto the LORD. (Genesis 13:18 KJV).
Sarah, the wife of Abraham, died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (Genesis 23:2 KJV).
Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth and asked them to buy a burying place for his family. The children of Heth sold Abraham a sepulcher to bury their dead. Abraham paid four hundred shekels of silver for the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre. Abraham bought the field, the cave all the trees that were in the field that bordered around from Ephron the Hittite. Then Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. (Genesis 23:1-19). This cave is called the Cave of the Patriarchs and where Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob and Leah are buried. It is interesting to note this cave is considered to be holy by both the Jews and the Muslims. It is the second holiest site in Judaism. Part of the structure is used as a mosque by the Muslims. The Muslims revere the site as the burial place for their Father Abraham.
When the land of Canaan was divided between the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave Caleb the son of Jephunneh of the tribe of Judah, Hebron, for an inheritance. Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that Caleb wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. The name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. The land had rest from war. (Joshua 14:13-15 KJV).
David was anointed King over Israel, according to the word of the LORD given by Samuel in Hebron. (1 Chronicles 11:3 KJV).
King David reigned over Israel forty years. Seven of those forty years David reigned in Hebron. Thirty three years David reigned in Jerusalem. (1 Kings 2:11 KJV).
The city of Hebron was called the City of Abraham during the Crusades. The name changed around the time of the Ottoman Empire. Hebron was captured and occupied by the Jordanian Arab Legion and held until 1967.
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