Debir
Americannoun
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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.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
From Debir the tribe of Judah pressed on to the south, and conquered Zephath and Hormah.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
But Debir, "the sanctuary," was also known by two other names.
From Patriarchal Palestine by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
The other towns ultimately captured by the southern tribes were Hebron, with its copious water supply, Debir to the southwest, and Arad and Hormah which lay on the borders of the South Country.
From The Making of a Nation The Beginnings of Israel's History by Jenks, Jeremiah Whipple
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.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Duncker, Max
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