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 Max Duncker
Adoni-zedec, king of Jerusalem; Hoham, king of Hebron; Piram, king of Jamuth; Japhia, king of Lachish; and Debir, king of Eglon; banded themselves together to punish Gibeon for making peace with the Jews.
From Bible Romances First Series by G. W. (George William) Foote
But Debir, "the sanctuary," was also known by two other names.
From Patriarchal Palestine by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
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 Jeremiah Whipple Jenks
The chorus did not originally belong to "Judas Maccabæus," but to "Joshua," in which oratorio it is addressed to Othniel when he returns from the capture of Debir.
From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton
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