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Debir

American  
[dee-ber] / ˈdi bər /

noun

  1. a royal city in the vicinity of Hebron, conquered by Othniel.


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He then waged war against Debir and took it, and more unnumbered cities with it, and all the souls that were therein shared the same horrible fate—he did not leave a soul alive.

From Project Gutenberg

In Babylonia we found a city to which the sacred scriptures were specially allotted, Sepharvaim on the Euphrates; in Canaan, Debir, in the neighbourhood of Hebron, was at one time called Kiriath Sepher, i. e. "city of scriptures."

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After this day Joshua is said to have taken Hebron, Debir, Libnah, and Lachish, to have conquered the kings of Northern Canaan in a great battle, and to have gained their cities, including Hazor.

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To the man who should conquer Debir he promised his daughter Achsah to wife, and Othniel his brother's son gained the city and the woman.

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From Debir the tribe of Judah pressed on to the south, and conquered Zephath and Hormah.

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