Kiriath-arba

Location: 31.54° N, 35.09° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Mentioned in 7 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Kiriath-arba is mentioned

  • Genesis 23:2

    She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

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  • Genesis 35:27

    Jacob returned to his father Isaac at Mamre, near Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.

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  • Judges 1:10

    Judah also marched against the Canaanites who were living in Hebron (formerly known as Kiriath-arba), and they struck down Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai.

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  • Joshua 14:15

    (Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.

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  • Joshua 15:54

    Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.

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  • Joshua 20:7

    So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.

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  • Nehemiah 11:25–26

    25 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

    26 in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

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