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Summary
And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:
Kirjath-arba
Bible References
Kirjath-arba
Joshua 15:13
Now Joshua gave an allotment among the descendants of Judah to Jephunneh's son Caleb, just as God told Joshua, Kiriath-arba, which was named after the ancestor of Anak (that is, Hebron).
Joshua 14:15
Hebron used to be known as Kiriath-arba, after the greatest man among the Anakim. After all of this, the land enjoyed rest from war.
Genesis 23:2
She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, in Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.