Quotes about Hebron
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
— 2 Samuel 5:5
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
— Genesis 13:18
Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
— Genesis 35:27
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
— Exodus 6:18
So the five kings of the Amorites—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon—joined forces and advanced with all their armies. They camped before Gibeon and made war against it.
— Joshua 10:5
Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.
— Judges 1:10
From the sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
— 1 Chronicles 24:23
the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
— Joshua 12:10
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
— Joshua 14:15
When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.
— 2 Samuel 3:32
They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
— Joshua 10:37
Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, “It was the men of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”
— 2 Samuel 2:4