In 1346, the dominion of most of the Hebrides became consolidated under John, son of Ronald or Angus Oig, of Islay, and he assumed the title of "Lord of the Isles." The Lords of the Isles became substantially independent of the Scottish crown until the battle of Harlaw, in 1411 (see HARLAW, BATTLE OF). The lordship was extinguished in 1504 (see SCOTLAND: A. D. 1502-1504). _Historical Tales of the Wars of Scotland, pages 65-72._ ----------HEBRIDES: End-------- HEBRON. In the settlement of the tribes of Israel, after the conquest of Canaan, Caleb, one of the heroes of Judah, "took possession of the territory round the famous old city of Hebron, and thereby gained for his tribe a seat held sacred from Patriarchal times. … Beginning with Hebron, he acquired for himself a considerable territory, which even in David's time was named simply Caleb, and was distinguished from the rest of Judah as a peculiar district. … Hebron remained till after David's time celebrated as the main seat and central point of the entire tribe, around which it is evident that all the rest of Judah gradually clustered in good order." _H. Ewald, History of Israel, book 2, section 3, A._ "Hebron was a Hittite city, the centre of an ancient civilization, which to some extent had been inherited by the tribe of Judah. It was undoubtedly the capital of Judah, a city of the highest religious character full of recollections and traditions. It could boast of fine public buildings, good water, and a vast and well-kept pool. The unification of Israel had just been accomplished there. It was only natural that Hebron should become the capital of the new kingdom [of David]. … It is not easy to say what induced David to leave a city which had such ancient and evident claims for a hamlet like Jebus [Jerusalem], which did not yet belong to him. It is probable that he found Hebron too exclusively Judahite." _E. Renan, History of the People of Israel, book 2, chapter 18._ See, also, ZOAN; and JEWS: THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN EGYPT. HECANA, Kingdom of. One of the small, short-lived kingdoms of the Angles in early England, its territory was in modern Herefordshire. _N. Stubbs, Constitutional History of England, chapter 7, section 70._ See ENGLAND: A. D. 547-633. HECATOMB "Large sacrifices, where a great number of animals were slaughtered, [among the ancient Greeks] are called hecatombs." _G. F. Schömann, Antiquity of Greece: The State, page 60._ HECATOMBÆON, Battle of.