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Sarah died in Kirjat Arba, which is Hebron in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn Sarah and weep over her.
And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre, to Kirjath-Arba, that is, Hebron (Hebr. Chevrón), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
Hebron was formerly called Kiriath-Arba, which was the Arba who was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest (silence, peace) from war.
[Arba is Hebrew for the number four, so Kiriath-Arba is "the city of four" or "Tetrapolis." There are various rabbinical explanations for the name: four patriarchs are buried there (Adam, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob); four matriarchs are buried there (Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah); the city was the place from which Abraham set out when he fought four kings.]
And to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, he gave a portion among the sons of Judah according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath-Arba, the Arba whose father was Anak, that is, Hebron.
and Chumta and Kirjat-Arba, that is Hebron and Tsior
– 9 cities with their villages.
So they set apart [three cities west of the Jordan River:]
Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and
Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and
Kiriath-Arba, which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah.
And they gave them Kiriath-Arba, which is Arba the father of Anak, the same as Hebron (Hebr. Chevrón), in the hill country of Judah, with the open land around it.
And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron, the present Hebron was formerly called Kiriath-Arba [; ; ], and they struck Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai [who were descendants of the giant Anakim, ; ; , ].
Some of the children of Judah also lived in the villages [without a wall] with their fields: in Kiriath-Arba with its [associated] daughter cities [literally: daughters, see also , , , ], in Dibon with its [associated] daughter cities, in Jekabseel with its villages,
