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Place

Kiriath-arba

Named in 7 verses across 4 books, first in Joshua 14:15.

The dataset treats this record as another name for, or a duplicate of, Hebron.

Where

Coordinates

Identification

Not assessed

The dataset gives no precision for this point.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

All 3 verses in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Joshua 14:15
(Hebron used to be called Kiriath-arba, after Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim.) Then the land had rest from war.
Joshua 15:54
Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior—nine cities, along with their villages.
Joshua 20:7
So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.