In Shmuel Bet [2:1](http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15862#v=1), Dovid asks God which city he should go to and God tells him to go to Hebron. What is the reason he is told to go to that city specifically? I have seen commentaries explain that it was a big and important city; I'm looking for a conceptual or symbolic reason that it had to be Hebron.

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> וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי כֵן וַיִּשְׁאַל דָּוִד בַּיהֹוָה | לֵאמֹר הַאֶעֱלֶה
>  בְּאַחַת עָרֵי יְהוּדָה וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֵלָיו עֲלֵה וַיֹּאמֶר
>  דָּוִד אָנָה אֶעֱלֶה וַיֹּאמֶר חֶבְרֹנָה
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> And it was after this, that David enquired of the Lord saying, "Shall
>  I go up into one of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him,
>  "Go up." Said David, "Where shall I go up?" And He said, "To Hebron."
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( [*Chabad translation*](http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15862#v=1) )