Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,

And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which {is} Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages:

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which {is} Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. {appointed: Heb. sanctified}

Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites {there shall be} six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. {to them...: Heb. above them ye shall give}

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

Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:

Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites {there shall be} six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. {to them...: Heb. above them ye shall give}

And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, {namely}, Hebron, {the city} of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which {is} Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. {appointed: Heb. sanctified}

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

And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are {here} mentioned by name, {mentioned: Heb. called}

So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time {also} did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.

And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, {were}. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)