Debir
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En af de elleve byer vest for Hebron, i højlandet i Juda [Jos 15:49 ; Dom 1:11 -15]. Den var oprindeligt en af Anakims byer [Jos 15:15 ] og blev også kaldt Kirjat-Sefer og Kirjat-Sannah (49). Kaleb, som havde erobret og taget byen og distriktet Hebron i besiddelse [Jos 14:6 -15], tilbød sin datters hånd til den, der med succes kunne lede en gruppe mod Debir. Otniel, hans yngre bror [Dom 1:13 ; Dom 3:9 ], opnåede erobringen og fik Aksa som sin hustru. Hun var ikke tilfreds med den del, hendes far gav hende, og da hun var på vej mod sit nye hjem, "steg hun af sit æsel" og sagde til ham: "Giv mig en velsignelse [dvs. en medgift]: for du har givet mig et sydland" [Jos 15:19 , A.V.]; eller som i den reviderede version, "Du har sat mig i sydlandet", dvs. i Negev, uden for den rige dal i Hebron, i det tørre og golde land. "Giv mig også vandkilder. Og han gav hende de øvre kilder og de nedre kilder."
Debir er blevet identificeret med det moderne Edh-Dhaheriyeh, dvs. "brønden på højderyggen", syd for 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