Hebron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Hebron, which antedates the biblical record, has not been precisely...mentions Hebron in connection with Abraham. The cave of Machpelah (also...traditional burial place of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca...Crusaders and renamed St. Abraham, and retaken (1187) by Saladin...