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Debir
Town or city mentioned in 11 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (8), Judges (2), 1 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 10:38 first mention — And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:39 — And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.
- Joshua 11:21 — And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities.
- Joshua 12:13 — The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
- Joshua 15:15 — And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.
- Joshua 15:16 — And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
- Joshua 15:49 — And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,
- Joshua 21:15 — And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
- Judges 1:11 — And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:
- Judges 1:12 — And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
- 1 Chronicles 6:58 — And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
Nearby places
- Giloh 0 km
- Gulloth-mayim 0 km
- Lower Gulloth 0 km
- Upper Gulloth 0 km
- Gibeah 4 km
- Goshen 5 km
- Eshtemoa 6 km
- Anab 6 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.