¹³ Thus ^(A)to the children of Aaron the priest they gave ^(B)Hebron with its common-land (a city of refuge for the slayer), ^(C)Libnah with its common-land,

^42 (A)Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

⁷ So they appointed ^(A)Kedesh in Galilee, in the mountains of Naphtali, ^(B)Shechem in the mountains of Ephraim, and ^(C)Kirjath Arba (which is Hebron) in ^(D)the mountains of Judah.

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

²⁹ Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to ^(A)Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.

Sennacherib’s Threat and Hezekiah’s Prayer^(A)

⁸ Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

^56 (A)But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ And ^(B)to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands,

⁶ “Now among the cities which you will give to the Levites you shall appoint ^(A)six cities of refuge, to which a manslayer may flee. And to these you shall add forty-two cities.