Kirjath Arba
An early name of HEBRON
Ge 23:2; Jos 14:15; Jud 1:10...
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(the city of Arba), an early name of the city which after the
conquest is generally known as HEBRON.
Jos 14:15; Jud 1:10 The identity of Kirjath-arba with
Hebron is constantly asserted. Ge 23:2; 35:27; Jos 14:15;
15:13,54; 20:7; 21:11...
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city of Arba, the original name of Hebron (q.v.), so called
from
the name of its founder, one of the Anakim (Gen. 23:2;
35:27;
Josh. 15:13). It was given to Caleb by Joshua as his
portion.
The Jews interpret the name as meaning "the city of
the four",
i.e., of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Adam, who were
all, as they
allege, buried there....
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"the city of Arba" the Anakite (Genesis 13:18; Genesis 23:2;
Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:54; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11;
Nehemiah 11:25). Hebron was the original name, then Mamre
("the sacred grove near the town"), then Kirjath Caleb
restored the name Hebron. (See HEBRON.)...
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And for the villages, with their fields, [some] of the
children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and [in] the villages
thereof, and at Dibon, and [in] the villages thereof, and at
Jekabzeel, and [in] the villages thereof,...
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And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and
Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which [is] Hebron,
in the mountain of Judah....
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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....
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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....
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