Genesis 23:2
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2 And Sarah died at (A)Kiriath-arba (that is, (B)Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
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Genesis 23:19
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19 After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 13:18
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18 So Abram moved his tent and came and (A)settled by the (B)oaks[a] of Mamre, which (C)are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
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- Genesis 13:18 Or terebinths
1 Chronicles 6:57
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57 (A)To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
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Judges 1:10
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10 (A)And Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (B)(now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba), and they defeated (C)Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai.
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Acts 8:2
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2 Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.
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John 11:35
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35 (A)Jesus wept.
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John 11:31
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31 When the Jews (A)who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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Ezekiel 24:16-18
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16 (A)“Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down. 17 Sigh, but not aloud; make no mourning for the dead. (B)Bind on your turban, and (C)put your shoes on your feet; do not cover your lips, (D)nor eat the bread of men.” 18 So I spoke to the people in the morning, and (E)at evening my wife died. And on the next morning I did (F)as I was commanded.
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Jeremiah 22:18
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18 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
(A)“They shall not lament for him, saying,
(B)‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
(C)‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
Jeremiah 22:10
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10 (A)Weep not for him who is dead,
nor grieve for him,
(B)but weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.
2 Chronicles 35:25
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25 (A)Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josiah; and all (B)the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made these a rule in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments.
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2 Samuel 5:5
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5 (A)At Hebron he reigned over Judah (B)seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.[a]
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- 2 Samuel 5:5 Dead Sea Scroll lacks verses 4–5
2 Samuel 5:3
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3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, (A)and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron (B)before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
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2 Samuel 2:11
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11 (A)And the time that David was king in Hebron over (B)the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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2 Samuel 1:17
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David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan
17 And David (A)lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son,
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2 Samuel 1:12
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12 And they mourned and wept (A)and fasted until evening for Saul and for Jonathan his son and for the people of the Lord and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
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1 Samuel 28:3
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3 Now (A)Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him (B)in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put (C)the mediums and the necromancers out of the land.
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1 Samuel 20:31
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31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Therefore send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.”
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Joshua 20:7
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7 So they set apart (A)Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and (B)Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and (C)Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) (D)in the hill country of Judah.
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Joshua 14:14-15
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14 Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, (A)because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 (B)Now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba.[a] (Arba[b] was the greatest man among the Anakim.) (C)And the land had rest from war.
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- Joshua 14:15 Kiriath-arba means the city of Arba
- Joshua 14:15 Hebrew He
Joshua 10:39
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39 and he captured it with its king and all its towns. And they struck them with the edge of the sword and devoted to destruction every person in it; he left none remaining. Just as he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and to its king.
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Deuteronomy 34:8
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8 And the people of Israel (A)wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
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Numbers 20:29
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29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron had perished, (A)all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
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