Debir
Beskrywing
Een van die elf stede wes van Hebron, in die hooglande van Juda [Jos 15:49 ; Rig 1:11 -15]. Dit was oorspronklik een van die dorpe van die Enakiete [Jos 15:15 ], en was ook genoem Kirjat-Sefer en Kirjat-Sanna (49). Kaleb, wat die stad en distrik van Hebron verower en beset het [Jos 14:6 -15], het die hand van sy dogter aangebied aan enigiemand wat suksesvol 'n party teen Debir sou lei. Otniël, sy jonger broer [Rig 1:13 ; Rig 3:9 ], het die verowering behaal en Aksa as sy vrou verkry. Sy was nie tevrede met die deel wat haar vader haar gegee het nie, en terwyl sy na haar nuwe huis op pad was, het sy "van haar esel afgeklim" en vir hom gesê, "Gee my 'n seën [d.w.s., 'n bruidskat]: want jy het my 'n suidelike land gegee" [Jos 15:19 , A.V.]; of, soos in die Hersiene Vertaling, "Jy het my in die land van die suide geplaas", d.w.s., in die Negeb, buite die ryk vallei van Hebron, in die droë en dorre land. "Gee my ook fonteine van water. En hy het haar die bo-fonteine en die onder-fonteine gegee."
Debir is geïdentifiseer met die moderne Edh-Dhaheriyeh, d.w.s., "die put op die rant", suid van Hebron.
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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 (Josh 15:49). 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; 10:23) 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" (Josh 10:26).
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary