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Debir - location profile

Location and Setting

Debir was located on the frontier area between the Judean Hill Country and the Negev. It is identified as an alternate name for Kiriath-sepher and Kiriath-sannah (Josh 15:15, 49).
It was situated eight miles southwest of Hebron and two miles north of Socoh.

When Joshua sought to drive the Canaanites out of the land, he destroyed the five kings of the Amorites. Following this, Joshua attacked and destroyed the city of Debir and killed its king and all of its inhabitants (Josh 10:38, 39; 12:13).
Joshua also destroyed all the Anakim, a people legendary for their great stature, who dwelt in the Hill Country (Josh 11:21,22).
Apparently, the Canaanites resettled in Debir because later, Israel had to recapture Debir. Caleb offered his daughter Achsah as a wife to anyone who would attack and take Debir. Othniel, the son of Kenaz, captured the city and married Achsah (Josh 15:15-19; Judg 1:11-13).
Debir was given to the Levites as one of the cities of their inheritance (Josh 21:15; 1 Chr 6:57-58).

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Bimson, John J., ed. Baker Encyclopedia of Bible Places. Leicester: Inter-Varsity Press, 1995.
Lilley, J.P.U. "Debir" The New Bible Dictionary. 2^nd ed. Ed. J.D. Douglas. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1982.
White, Jr., W. "Debir" The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Ed. Merrill C. Tenney. 5 vols. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1976.