Person Old Testament
Hebron
Hebron was a son of Mareshah, a descendant of Caleb from the tribe of Judah. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 2:42.
Why it matters. Son of Mareshah, from the tribe of Judah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hebron
Hebron is mentioned in the genealogy of Judah in 1 Chronicles as a son of Mareshah. Mareshah was a descendant of Caleb, who was from the tribe of Judah (1Ch.2.42,43). Hebron is also the name of the town founded by his father Mareshah.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Mareshah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.