The History of Hebron

The Hebron Concept Today’s Focus: The History of Hebron Scripture: Genesis 29:34; Numbers 3:15-19; 4:2-4, 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Greetings Sons of God: This will be a scripturally in-depth set of messages but I need to show you the significance of Hebron. Let’s start with who, what or where is Hebron? Numbers 3:15,17: Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. 17-And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari Numbers 3:19: And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Now when we look at this we see that Hebron was a person. He was the grandson of Levi and the son of Kohath. Now, the name Kohath should sound familiar. Remember in our series on the Ark of the Covenant it would be that the Kohatities would be the only family that can carry the Ark of the Covenant. Now to get an eternal picture. We know that God locks up principals and eternal truths in names. So lets look at the names of Levi, Kohath and Hebron because we know that the sum of the previous resides in the present. In other words we are a product of history. Levi Genesis 29:34: And she (Leah) conceived again, and bare a son; and said now this time will my husband be JOINED UNTO ME, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi The name Levi means “One-Flesh or Joined” Kohath Numbers 4:2-4: Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, from thirty years old and upward even until 50 years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION. This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things The name Kohath means “Congregation or Assembly” Hebron 2 Samuel 5:1,3: Then came ALL OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 3-So ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME TO THE KING TO HEBRON; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord and they anointed David king over Israel. The name Hebron means “Alliance, Joining, Consolidation”. As we see that Hebron was also the name of a city. It is one of the 48 Levitical cities because we know that the Levites were not given a land inheritance. Their inheritance was God Himself. We know also it was a refugee city. Refugee cities were places that people who may have un-intentionally committed a crime can flee to and wait to go before the congregation to be judged. In the next message we will examine the grace of Levi and how it is passed down to Hebron and how it plays a vital role in the Body of Christ. Peace, Love and Grace from the Father, Calvin Calhoun, Jr.