- H eb a ' s ▁name ▁can ▁be ▁translated ▁as ▁" serv ant ▁of ▁Heb at ", ▁a ▁Hur rian ▁god dess . ▁Whether ▁Ab di - H eb a ▁was ▁himself ▁of ▁Hur rian ▁descent ▁is ▁unknown , ▁as ▁is ▁the ▁relationship ▁between ▁the ▁general ▁popul ace ▁of ▁pre - Is rael ite ▁Jerusalem ▁( called , ▁several ▁centuries ▁later , ▁J eb us ites ▁in ▁the ▁Bible ) ▁and ▁the ▁Hur ri ans . ▁Egypt ian ▁documents ▁have ▁him ▁den y ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁ ḫ az ā nu ▁and ▁assert ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁soldier ▁( we ' w ), ▁the ▁imp lication ▁being ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁local ▁chief ▁sent ▁to ▁Egypt ▁to ▁receive ▁military ▁training ▁there . ▁ ▁Also ▁unknown ▁is ▁whether ▁he ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁dynast y ▁that ▁govern ed ▁Jerusalem ▁or ▁whether ▁he ▁was ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁throne ▁by ▁the ▁Egypt ians . ▁Ab di - H eb a ▁himself ▁notes ▁that ▁he ▁holds ▁his ▁position ▁not ▁through ▁his ▁parent al ▁line age ▁but ▁by ▁the ▁grace ▁of ▁Ph ara oh , ▁but ▁this ▁might ▁be ▁fl atter y ▁rather ▁than ▁an ▁accurate ▁representation ▁of ▁the ▁situation . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁area ▁he ▁admin ister ed ▁from ▁his ▁g arrison ▁may ▁have ▁had ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁fifteen ▁hundred ▁people ▁and ▁Jerusalem ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁' small ▁high lands ▁strong hold ' ▁in ▁the ▁four teenth ▁century ▁BC ▁with ▁no ▁fort ifications ▁or ▁large ▁buildings . ▁ ▁Cor respond ence ▁with ▁Egypt