It happened after this that David inquired of the Lord, saying,“ Shall I go up to any of the cities of Judah?” And the Lord said to him,“ Go up.” David said,“ Where shall I go up?” And He said,“ To Hebron.”
Then the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying,“ The men of Jabesh Gilead were the ones who buried Saul.”
And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel.And the name of Hebron formerly was Kirjath Arba( Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim). Then the land had rest from war.
Then Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying,“ As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say,‘ Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”