And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof,
Some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba. Kirjath-arba is here mentioned without other variations of the name, which are given in the earlier historical books (Genesis 35:27; Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Judges 1:10). In a later age Hebron is the name by which the place was known; but in the latest times Kirjath-arba again becomes the popular designation.