He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.
KJV
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
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And he went up from thence to the inhabitants of Debir,.... Having conquered Hebron, and got possession of that, Caleb marched to Debir, a city not many miles from Hebron, and seems to have been in the country, and part of the land, which was given him; of which See Gill on
Jos 10:38
,
and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher; or "the city of books"; either a place of literature, a sort of an academy, or where was a public library; the Targum calls it Kirjatharche, or the city of the archives, in which were laid up the public records of the Canaanites; the same is called Kirjathsannah for the like reason; see Gill on
Jos 15:49
.
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