חֶבְרוֹן

n.pr.loc. Hebron (association, league)—ח׳ Gn 13:18 +; c. ה loc. חֶבְרוֹנָה Jos 10:36 + 6 times; חֶבְרֹ֫נָה 2 S 2:1;—𝔊 Χεβρων; mod. El-Ḫalîl (v. RobBR i. 213 f., ii. 73 ff. GuérinJudée iii. 214 ff.); ancient city in southern Judah, where (or near which) Abr. built an altar Gn 13:18 (J), and where was a sanctuary in Dvd.’s time 2 S 15:7, cf. לפני י׳ בְּח׳ 2 S 5:3 = 1 Ch 11:3; built 7 yrs. bef. Ṣoan in Egypt according to Nu 13:22 b (JE); under a king Jos 10:3, 5, 23 (JE) 12:10 (D); assigned to Caleb Jos 14:13, 14 (JED) Ju 1:20 yet v. 1 Ch 6:40 (cf. v 41); older name קִרְיַת (הָ)אַרְבַּע according to Jos 14:15 (JED), cf. Gn 23:2; 35:27 Jos 15:54; 20:7 (all P) Ju 1:10 b; v. also Jos 15:13; 21:11 (both P); called also מַמְרֵא Gn 23:19 (and 35:27, both P); a city of refuge Jos 21:13 (P) = 1 Ch 6:42; עֵמֶק ח׳ Gn 37:14 (J); named elsewhere Nu 13:22 a (JE) Jos 10:36, 39; 11:21 (all D) Ju 1:10 a; 16:3 2 S 2:32; 15:9 2 Ch 11:10; a resort of David, and for 7 yrs. his royal city 1 S 30:31 2 S 2:1, 11; 3:2, 5, 19, 20, 22, 27, 32; 4:1, 8, 12(×2); 5:1, 3, 13 1 K 2:11; 1 Ch 3:1, 4; 11:1, 3; 12:24, 39 (van d. H. v 23, 38) 29:27; read also perhaps for תחתו 2 S 3:12, 𝔊L εἰς Χεβρων, cf. Dr; seat of Absalom’s rebellion 2 S 15:10; עָרֵי ח׳ 2 S 2:3 abode of David’s men.