Joshua 15:13-14

15:13 Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord’s instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) ¹  15:14 Caleb drove out ²  from there three Anakites – Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak.

Joshua 15:54

15:54 Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior – a total of nine cities and their towns.

Genesis 23:2

23:2 Then she ³  died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. ⁴ 

Genesis 35:27

35:27 So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, ⁵  to Kiriath Arba ⁶  (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. ⁷ 

Jude 1:10

1:10 But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend. ⁸ 

[15:13]  ¹ tn Heb “To Caleb son of Jephunneh he gave a portion in the midst of the sons of Judah according to the mouth [i.e., command] of the Lord to Joshua, Kiriath Arba (the father of Anak), it is Hebron.”

[15:14]  ² tn Or “dispossessed.”

[23:2]  ³ tn Heb “Sarah.” The proper name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“she”) for stylistic reasons.

[23:2]  ⁴ sn Mourn…weep. The description here is of standard mourning rites (see K. A. Kitchen, NBD³ 149-50). They would have been carried out in the presence of the corpse, probably in Sarah’s tent. So Abraham came in to mourn; then he rose up to go and bury his dead (v. 3).

[35:27]  ⁵ tn This is an adverbial accusative of location.

[35:27]  ⁶ tn The name “Kiriath Arba” is in apposition to the preceding name, “Mamre.”

[35:27]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew verb גּוּר (gur), traditionally rendered “to sojourn,” refers to temporary settlement without ownership rights.

[1:10]  ⁸ tn Or “they should naturally comprehend.” The present tense in this context may have a conative force.