Biblical places
Hebron
Where Abraham bought the cave of Machpelah to bury Sarah (Genesis 23), and later the city where David first reigned as king of Judah. The ancient ruins lie at Tel Rumeida, just west of Hebron's old city — essentially the same site as modern Hebron (Arabic: Al-Khalil).
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Hebron / Al-Khalil
- 31.5286, 35.0969
OpenBible identifies the ancient Tel Rumeida site as Hebron's original location, and its coordinates nearly match the current Hebron Old City, within 0.01 degrees.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Numbers 13:22
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.)
Joshua 10:3
Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,
Judges 1:10
And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
1 Samuel 30:31
And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt.
2 Samuel 2:1
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron.
1 Kings 2:11
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 2:42
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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