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The Old Testament recorded 2 males named Hebron. Both men sharing the same name could be considered Israelites because they both came from Jacob's (Israel's) family line.
One was a Levite while the other came from Perez. It's probable, but not absolutely certain, that the town got its name from the Levite.
Jacob > Levi > Kohath > Hebron
Exodus 6:16-18:
16. These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
17. The sons of Gershon, by clans, were Libni and Shimei.
18. The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
1 Chronicles 15:9 mentioned someone named Eliel as a leader of Hebron's descendants with 80 relatives during the reign of king David.
1 Chronicles 23:12,19: (verse 19 restated in 1 Chronicles 24:23)
12. The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel--four in all.
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19. The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.
1 Chronicles 26:30-31:
30. From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives--seventeen hundred able men--were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the king's service.
31. As for the Hebronites, Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical records of their families. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer in Gilead.
The descendants of the Levite named Hebron were stated throughout the book of Numbers in Numbers 3:19, 27 and 26:58.
Jacob > Judah > Perez > Hezron > Caleb > Mesha > Ziph > Mareshah > Hebron
1 Chronicles 2:1-9,42-43:
1. These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2. Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the LORD's sight; so the LORD put him to death.
4. Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda --five in all.
7. The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.
8. The son of Ethan: Azariah.
9. The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.
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42. The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.
43. The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
Joshua 14:15 stated "Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba after Arba, who was the greatest man among the Anakites". Kiriath Arba was also stated in Genesis 23:2 and 35:27, Joshua 15:13, 20:7 and 21:11 as well as Judges 1:10. Joshua 21:11 located the town "in the hill country of Judah" and also reiterated that "Arba was the forefather of Anak". Regarding the origins of the town, Numbers 13:22 said "Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt".
Starting with Joshua, the fight for the region by the Israelites was underway in Joshua 10, 11 & 12
when the Amorite king, Hoham, and 4 others were killed.
Because they gave a favorable report when reporting back to Moses about the prospect of taking Canaan, Joshua and Caleb were rewarded.
Joshua 14:13-14:
13. Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.
14. So Hebron has belonged to Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite ever since, because he followed the LORD, the God of Israel, wholeheartedly.
Joshua 15:13-14 stated the last inhabitants of the town before Caleb received his inheritance (passage mirrored in Judges 1:10-20):
13. In accordance with the LORD's command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah--Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
14. From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites--Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai--descendants of Anak.
After Caleb (who was from the tribe of Judah) apparently died, Hebron had been designated as a city of refuge in Joshua 21:8-16:
8. So the Israelites allotted to the Levites these towns and their pasturelands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
9. From the tribes of Judah and Simeon they allotted the following towns by name
10. (these towns were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them):
11. They gave them Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pastureland, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
12. But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.
13. So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron (a city of refuge for one accused of murder), Libnah,
14. Jattir, Eshtemoa,
15. Holon, Debir,
16. Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands--nine towns from these two tribes.
In more disputes against the Canaanites, Hebron had brief mentions in Judges 16:3 with Samson and it set the stage for David when he sent war booty gifts to Hebronites in 1 Samuel 30:31.
In addition to the town/city, there was also a brief reference to the Valley of Hebron in Genesis 37:14. According to this link, this area of land related to Mamre in the days of Abram (before he was renamed Abraham by God). This was verified when Abram was in Genesis 13:18 then in 23:1-19 when Sarah was buried near Hebron. The family ties continued in Genesis 35:27 when Abraham's son, Isaac, was visited by Jacob (his son). The Valley of Hebron reference had Jacob's sons which further stated the familial ties to the area.
Hebron was south of Jerusalem to the west of the Dead Sea.
2 Samuel 2:1-4,8-11:
1. In the course of time, David inquired of the LORD. "Shall I go up to one of the towns of Judah?" he asked. The LORD said, "Go up." David asked, "Where shall I go?" "To Hebron," the LORD answered.
2. So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.
3. David also took the men who were with him, each with his family, and they settled in Hebron and its towns.
4. Then the men of Judah came to Hebron and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. ...
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8. Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-Bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
9. He made him king over Gilead, Ashuri and Jezreel, and also over Ephraim, Benjamin and all Israel.
10. Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.
11. The length of time David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
There was also a brief reference in 2 Samuel 2:32.
2 Samuel 3:2-6, 19-22, 27, 32: (also found in 1 Chronicles 3:1-9)
2. Sons were born to David in Hebron: His firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoam of Jezreel;
3. his second, Kileab the son of Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
4. the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
5. and the sixth, Ithream the son of David's wife Eglah. These were born to David in Hebron.
6. During the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner had been strengthening his own position in the house of Saul.
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19. Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin wanted to do.
20. When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men.
21. Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
22. Just then David's men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
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27. Now when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the gateway, as though to speak with him privately. And there, to avenge the blood of his brother Asahel, Joab stabbed him in the stomach, and he died.
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32. They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner's tomb. All the people wept also.
2 Samuel 4:1-12 described bloodshed between the houses of kings Saul and David.
2 Samuel 5:1-5,13: (also see 1 Chronicles 11:1-3)
2. In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD said to you, `You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.'"
3. When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.
4. David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
5. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
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13. After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him.
As king David was dying, his son, Absalom, tried to take the throne of Judah in 2 Samuel 15:7-10.
1 Kings 2:11:
10. Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David.
11. He had reigned forty years over Israel--seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 11:10 had the last mention of Hebron during the reign of David's grandson:
5. Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built up towns for defense in Judah:
6. Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7. Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8. Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9. Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10. Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron. These were fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin.
After the Israelites returned from captivity in Babylon, Kiriath Arba (Hebron) has one last reference in
Nehemiah 11:25:
25. As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages,