2 Afterward David inquired of Jehovah,+ saying: “Should I go up into one of the cities of Judah?” Jehovah said to him: “Go up.” David then asked: “Where should I go?” He replied: “To Hebʹron.”+

10 Abʹsa·lom now sent spies through all the tribes of Israel, saying: “As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, announce, ‘Abʹsa·lom has become king in Hebʹron!’”+

54 These were their settlements by their encampments* in their territory: for the descendants of Aaron belonging to the family of the Koʹhath·ites, as the first lot fell to them, 55 they gave them Hebʹron+ in the land of Judah, with its surrounding pastures. 56 But the field of the city and its settlements they gave to Caʹleb+ the son of Je·phunʹneh.