18 So Aʹbram continued to live in tents.* Later on he came and dwelt among the big trees of Mamʹre,+ which are in Heʹbron;+ and there he proceeded to build an altar to Jehovah.+
19 And after that Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach·peʹlah in front of Mamʹre, that is to say, Heʹbron, in the land of Caʹnaan.+
22 When they went up into the Negʹeb,+ they then came to Heʹbron.+ Now A·hiʹman, Sheʹshai and Talʹmai,+ those born of Aʹnak,*+ were there. Incidentally, Heʹbron+ had been built seven years before Zoʹan+ of Egypt.
3 Consequently A·doʹni-zeʹdek the king of Jerusalem+ sent to Hoʹham the king of Heʹbron+ and to Piʹram the king of Jarʹmuth+ and to Ja·phiʹa the king of Laʹchish+ and to Deʹbir the king of Egʹlon,+ saying,
13 And to Caʹleb+ the son of Je·phunʹneh he gave a share in the midst of the sons of Judah at the order of Jehovah to Joshua, namely, Kirʹi·ath-arʹba ([said Arʹba being] the father of Aʹnak), that is to say, Heʹbron.+
13 And to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave the city of refuge+ for the manslayer,+ namely, Heʹbron,+ and its pasture ground, also Libʹnah+ and its pasture ground,
10 So Judah marched against the Caʹnaan·ites who were dwelling in Heʹbron+ (now the name of Heʹbron before that was Kirʹi·ath-arʹba),+ and they went striking down Sheʹshai and A·hiʹman and Talʹmai.+