Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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13 O inhabitant of (A)Lachish,
Harness the chariot to the swift steeds
(She was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion),
For the transgressions of Israel were (B)found in you.

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Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord(A)

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the [a]Tartan, the [b]Rabsaris, and the [c]Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the (B)aqueduct from the upper pool, (C)which was on the highway to the Fuller’s Field.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Commander in Chief
  2. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief Officer
  3. 2 Kings 18:17 A title, probably Chief of Staff or Governor

14 Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay.” And the king of Assyria assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

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11 And (A)the [a]time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 2:11 Lit. number of days

28 Zelah, Eleph, (A)Jebus (which is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kirjath: fourteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, (A)the children of Judah could not drive them out; (B)but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.

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54 Humtah, (A)Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron), and Zior: nine cities with their villages;

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35 Jarmuth, (A)Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, 36 Sharaim, Adithaim, Gederah, and Gederothaim: fourteen cities with their villages; 37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, 38 Dilean, Mizpah, (B)Joktheel, 39 (C)Lachish, Bozkath, (D)Eglon,

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15 And (A)the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim).

(B)Then the land had rest from war.

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10 (A)the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; 11 the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; 12 the king of Eglon, one; (B)the king of Gezer, one; 13 (C)the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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Therefore the five kings of the (A)Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, (B)gathered together and went up, they and all their armies, and camped before Gibeon and made war against it.

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The Sun Stands Still

10 Now it came to pass when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem (A)heard how Joshua had taken (B)Ai and had utterly destroyed it—(C)as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to (D)Ai and its king—and (E)how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them,

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22 And they went up through the South and came to (A)Hebron; Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of (B)Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)

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14 Then he said to him, “Please go and see if it is well with your brothers and well with the flocks, and bring back word to me.” So he sent him out of the Valley of (A)Hebron, and he went to Shechem.

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So Sarah died in (A)Kirjath Arba (that is, (B)Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

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