The Second Hill Country District of Judahs Inheritance Catalog Around Hebron — Bible Events

Joshua 15:52-54 catalogs the second hill country district of Judah's tribal inheritance — nine cities clustered around the patriarchal capital of Hebron: "Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah, And Humtah, and Kiriath-arba (which is Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages." The district included Hebron itself — the city Caleb received as his special inheritance, the site of the cave of Machpelah where Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were buried, and the future capital of David's seven-and-a-half-year reign over Judah before he captured Jerusalem.

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The Hill Country Towns of Judahs Inheritance

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Judah receives the biggest portion of the promised land — with every boundary marked and every city named. But the real story is an eighty-five-year-old warrior who still wasn't done fighting, and his daughter who knew exactly what to ask for.

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