2 USara wafela eKhiriyathi-abha,+ okutsho iHebroni+ elizweni laseKhenani+ njalo u-Abrahama waqalisa ukulila lokukhalela uSara.

22 Athi eqansa esiya eNegebhi afika eHebroni+ lapho okwakuhlala khona u-Ahimani loSheshayi loThalimayi,+ izizukulwane zama-Anakhi.+ IHebroni yakhiwa kusasele iminyaka eyisikhombisa ukuthi kwakhiwe iZowani yaseGibhithe.

14 Lalamuhla iHebroni ilokhu ingekaKhalebhi indodana kaJefune ngoba walandela uJehova uNkulunkulu ka-Israyeli ngenhliziyo yonke.+

7 Ngakho banikela kuNkulunkulu idolobho leKhedeshi+ eliseGalile ezintabeni zakoNafithali, leShekhemu+ ezintabeni zako-Efrayimi leKhiriyathi-abha+ esezintabeni zakoJuda, ebizwa langokuthi yiHebroni. Amadolobho la yiwo ababezaphephela kuwo.

5 Ngemva kwesikhathi zonke izizwana zako-Israyeli zabuya kuDavida eHebroni+ zathi kuye: “Thina siyizihlobo zakho.*+

11 UDavida wabusa ko-Israyeli okweminyaka engu-40. EHebroni+ wabusa iminyaka eyisikhombisa, eJerusalema wabusa iminyaka engu-33.+