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.)

¹³ And Joshua ^(A)blessed him, ^(B)and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance. ^14 (C)Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he ^(D)wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. ¹⁵ And ^(E)the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba (Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim).

^(F)Then the land had rest from war.

^11 (A)And they gave them ^[a]Kirjath Arba (Arba was the father of ^(B)Anak), ^(C)which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah, with the common-land surrounding it. ¹² But ^(D)the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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

David Anointed King of Judah

2 It happened after this that David ^(A)inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?”

And the Lord said to him, “Go up.”

David said, “Where shall I go up?”

And He said, “To ^(B)Hebron.”