デビル
説明
ヘブロンの西にあるユダの高地の11の都市の一つ（[ヨシュア 15:49 ]; [士師 1:11-15]）。もともとはアナキムの町の一つで（[ヨシュア 15:15 ]）、キルヤテ・セフェル（参照）やキルヤテ・サンナとも呼ばれていました（49）。カレブはヘブロンの町と地区を征服し占領した後（[ヨシュア 14:6 -15]）、デビルに対して成功を収める者に娘の手を差し出すと申し出ました。オトニエルは彼の弟で（[士師 1:13; 3:9]）、征服を成し遂げ、アクサを妻として得ました。彼女は父から与えられた分に満足せず、新しい家に向かう途中で「ろばから降りて」彼に言いました。「私に祝福をください [すなわち、持参金を]。あなたは私に南の地を与えました」（[ヨシュア 15:19 ]、A.V.）；または改訂版では「あなたは私を南の地に置きました」、すなわち、ヘブロンの豊かな谷の外、乾燥した不毛の地であるネゲブに。「また水の泉をください。すると彼は彼女に上の泉と下の泉を与えました。」
デビルは現代のエド・ダヘリエ、すなわち「尾根の井戸」と同定されています。ヘブロンの南に位置しています。
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辞書からの情報
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