This document is about Debir (Canaanite_Region). For other homonyms, please refer to the Debir document. It is one of the major Canaanite cities conquered by Joshua. Its original name is Kiriath-sepher.
Joshua 10:38He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.Joshua 10:39So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no one remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
Judges 1:11Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”
Joshua 15:49Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim,
나중에 유다 지파내에 레위인 그핫자손에게 배분된 도피성이 되었다.
Joshua 21:9and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.Joshua 21:10They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.Joshua 21:11But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.Joshua 21:12To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,Joshua 21:13Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,Joshua 21:14Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,Joshua 21:15Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
1 Chronicles 6:54to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;1 Chronicles 6:55but the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.1 Chronicles 6:56To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,1 Chronicles 6:57Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,1 Chronicles 6:58Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;