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Kirjath-Arba
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Kirjath-arba in the Bible Dictionary
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An early name of HEBRON
Gen 23:2; Josh 14:15; Judg 1:10
2 And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 23:215 And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war.
Joshua 14:1510 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
Judges 1:10
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
