Kirjath-arba

Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII Alexander Maclaren 1868

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah.

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7 And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of

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

"And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjath-arba, which is

The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus A Sunday book for the young 1856

At the time Moses is writing, apparently, Arba, one of the Enakim, had taken. possession of the city and called it "the city of Arba" (Kirjath-arba); cf. Jos 14: 15; 15: 13;

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

The Jewish interpretation which makes Kirjath-arba mean

Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

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

Kirjath-arba or Hebron, and the neighboring hill country.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1884

Seventeen miles southwest of Jerusalem, there's the city of Kirjath-arba, where mythical giants once lived.

Travel Tales in the Promised Land (Palestine) Karl Friedrich May 1877

Kirjath-arba -- that is, the city of Arba, a warrior among the native race remarkable for strength and stature. the land had rest from war -- Most of the kings having been slain and the natives dispirited, there was no general or systematic attempt to resist the progress and settlement of the Israelites.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871