my brief article on Hebron<\/a>\u00a0and then claim I missed the points I brought up in the article.<\/p>\nAs pointed out previously, Hebron was founded before the Israelites entered the land of Canaan. There is no indication that the founders of the city named the city because of prophecy. There is no indication that the events which took place in and near the city were done so because of the name of the city. So, yes, David did reign seven and half years in Hebron while Israel was divided, but, no, the city wasn’t selected because of its name.<\/p>\n
You find irony in the fact that its current condition is at odds with its name. Yet, the fact remains that it is not the only place in the Israel or Palestine area that facing discord. Nor is there any prophecy in the Bible regarding its future status. Nor did the writers of the Bible make use of Hebron’s name or the city itself for allegorical or symbolic purposes.<\/p>\n
It is nice that you can create symbolism from it, but it doesn’t mean that it had those meanings in the Scriptures and my purpose on this site is to teach Scripture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: In light of II Samuel 5, I do not understand\u00a0how you can say that the meaning of the word “Hebron” has no symbolic or deeper meaning in the Bible.\u00a0 Since David ruled from there for 7 1\/2 years and then the leaders of the tribes asked him to unite Israel and rule over the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[223,279,169],"class_list":["post-17934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-geography","tag-history","tag-prophecy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2049,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-is-the-meaning-of-hebron\/","url_meta":{"origin":17934,"position":0},"title":"What is the meaning of “Hebron”?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 6, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I need research information on the meaning of \"Hebron\": one meaning a place where we learn to relate to people, not on the basis of what they do for us, but in recognition of God's work in bringing us together. 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