DEBIR

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• Joshua 10:3

  Therefore Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

• Joshua 10:4

  “Come up to me and help me. Let us strike Gibeon; for they have made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.”

• Joshua 10:5

  Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together and went up, they and all their armies, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.

• Joshua 10:6

  The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us; for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country have gathered together against us.”

• Joshua 10:7

  So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and the whole army with him, including all the mighty men of valor.

• Joshua 10:8

  Yahweh said to Joshua, “Don’t fear them, for I have delivered them into your hands. Not a man of them will stand before you.”

• Joshua 10:9

  Joshua therefore came to them suddenly. He marched from Gilgal all night.

• Joshua 10:10

  Yahweh confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.

• Joshua 10:11

  As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, Yahweh hurled down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the children of Israel killed with the sword.

• Joshua 10:12

  Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel. He said in the sight of Israel, “Sun, stand still on Gibeon! You, moon, stop in the valley of Aijalon!”

• Joshua 10:13

  The sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies. Isn’t this written in the book of Jashar? The sun stayed in the middle of the sky, and didn’t hurry to go down about a whole day.

• Joshua 10:14

  There was no day like that before it or after it, that Yahweh listened to the voice of a man; for Yahweh fought for Israel.

• Joshua 10:15

  Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

• Joshua 10:16

  These five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.

• Joshua 10:17

  Joshua was told, saying, “The five kings have been found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.”

• Joshua 10:18

  Joshua said, “Roll large stones to cover the cave’s entrance, and set men by it to guard them;

• Joshua 10:19

  but don’t stay there. Pursue your enemies, and attack them from the rear. Don’t allow them to enter into their cities; for Yahweh your God has delivered them into your hand.”

• Joshua 10:20

  When Joshua and the children of Israel had finished killing them with a very great slaughter until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,

• Joshua 10:21

  all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. None moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

• Joshua 10:22

  Then Joshua said, “Open the cave entrance, and bring those five kings out of the cave to me.”

• Joshua 10:23

  They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon.

• Joshua 10:24

  When they brought those kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, “Come near. Put your feet on the necks of these kings.” They came near, and put their feet on their necks.

• Joshua 10:25

  Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

• Joshua 10:26

  Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.

• Joshua 10:27

  At the time of the going down of the sun, Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and threw them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, which remain to this very day.

• Joshua 11:21

  Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

• Joshua 15:7

  The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that faces the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river. The border passed along to the waters of En Shemesh, and ended at En Rogel.

• Joshua 15:15

  He went up against the inhabitants of Debir: now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.

• Joshua 15:16

  Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

• Joshua 15:17

  Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

• Joshua 15:49

  Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (which is Debir),

• Joshua 21:15

  Holon with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,

• Judges 1:12

  Caleb said, “I will give Achsah my daughter as wife to the man who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it.”

• Judges 1:13

  Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it, so he gave him Achsah his daughter as his wife.