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Kirjath-Arba

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Kirjath-arba (kir'jath-är'bah), R. V., Kiriath-arba. The city of Arba, Arba being its founder, or the city of Four—Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Adam having been buried there—is mentioned Genesis 23:2; Genesis 35:27; Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:13; Joshua 15:54; Joshua 20:7; Joshua 21:11; Judges 1:10; Nehemiah 11:25. See Hebron and Mamre.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Kirjath-Arba'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​k/kirjath-arba.html. 1893.