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  • According to these last mentioned passages the name Kirjath-arba was prevalent at the time of the conquest under Joshua, but the propriety of restoring the more ancient name, which apparently had never been forgotten by Israel, seemed to appeal to all.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

  • We are here told what Hebron had been, the city of Arba, a great man among the Anakim (v. 15); we find it called Kirjath-arba (Gen.xxiii. 2), as the place where Sarah died.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

  • (Josh. 15: 15), and was also called Kirjath-sepher (q.v.) and

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • As for Tabara or Debir, it will be that ancient seat of Canaanite learning and literature, called Kirjath-Sepher and Debir in the Old Testament, the site of which is unfortunately still unknown.

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • Egyptian scribe, and it is therefore evident that he has interchanged the place of the equivalent terms Kirjath, "city," and Beth, "house."

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • In the Book of Joshua the towns of Anab and Kirjath-Sepher are similarly associated together, and it is plain, therefore, as Dr.W. Max Müller has remarked, that the Egyptian writer has interchanged the equivalent terms Kirjath, "city," and Beth,

    Patriarchal Palestine 1889

  • Hebron, which, in the book of Joshua, is said to have been anciently called Kirjath-arba.

    Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Robert Patterson 1857

  • Kirjath-jearim 18, has been omitted: nor can we deny that 2 Sam. xiii: 37, has been tampered with and mutilated.

    Theologico-Political Treatise 2007

  • And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

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