Debir

Oracle town; sanctuary. (1.) One of the eleven cities to the west of Hebron, in the highlands of Judah (Josh. 15:49; Judg. 1:11-15). It was originally one of the towns of the Anakim (Josh. 15:15), and was also called Kirjath-sepher (q.v.) and Kirjath-sannah (49). Caleb, who had conquered and taken possession of the town and district of Hebron (Josh. 14:6-15), offered the hand of his daughter to any one who would successfully lead a party against Debir. Othniel, his younger brother (Judg. 1:13; 3:9), achieved the conquest, and gained Achsah as his wife. She was not satisfied with the portion her father gave her, and as she was proceeding toward her new home, she “lighted from off her ass” and said to him, “Give me a blessing [i.e., a dowry]: for thou hast given me a south land” (Josh. 15:19, A.V.); or, as in the Revised Version, “Thou hast set me in the land of the south”, i.e., in the Negeb, outside the rich valley of Hebron, in the dry and barren land. “Give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs.” Debir has been identified with the modern Edh-Dhaheriyeh, i.e., “the well on the ridge”, to the south of Hebron. (2.) A place near the “valley of Achor” (Josh. 15:7), on the north boundary of Judah, between Jerusalem and Jericho. (3.) The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged by Joshua (Josh. 10:3, 23) after the victory at Gibeon. These kings fled and took refuge in a cave at Makkedah. Here they were kept confined till Joshua returned from the pursuit of their discomfited armies, when he caused them to be brought forth, and “Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees” (26).

king of Eglon; one of the five kings hanged by Joshua. (Joshua 10:3,23) (B.C. 1440.) (a sanctuary), the name of three places of Palestine.

DE'BIR (sanctuary), the name of three places. 1. In the highlands of Judah, near Hebron; captured by Joshua, Josh 10:38-39; was first called Kirjath-sepher, Josh 15:15, and Kirjath-sannah, Josh 15:49; was allotted to the priests. Josh 21:15. It has been placed at Dewir-ban, 3 miles west of Hebron, and at Dilbeh, 6 miles south-west. Conder, however, rejects these, and suggests Dedheriyeh, north of which are copious springs, which he identifies with "the upper springs and the nether springs" of Jud 1:15. A place near the valley of Achor, Josh 15:7; perhaps Wady Dabir, between Jericho and Jerusalem. A place on the boundary of Gad, east of the Jordan, Josh 13:26; possibly the same as Lo-bebar, which see.

DE'BIR, king of Eglon, one of the five kings who warred against Gibeon. He, with his companions, was slain by Joshua and hanged on a tree. Josh 10:3, Heb 12:23, Acts 11:26.

an orator; a word

DE'BIR, king of Eglon, one of the five kings who warred against Gibeon. He, with his companions, was slain by Joshua and hanged on a tree. Josh 10:3, Heb 12:23, Acts 11:26.