Debir
Where Debir sits on the map, and the 11 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Khirbet Rabud
- Coordinates
- 31.4321, 35.0149
- Mentions
- 11 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
11 verses, in biblical order.
Joshua
- Joshua 10:38
Returning from there to Debir,
- Joshua 10:39
he seized it and laid waste to it, likewise with its king. And all the surrounding towns, he struck with the edge of the sword. He did not leave in it any remains. Just as he had done to Hebron and Libnah, and to their kings, so did he do to Debir and to its king.
- Joshua 11:21
In that time, Joshua went and put to death the Anakim from the mountains, from Hebron and Debir and Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah and Israel. And he destroyed their cities.
- Joshua 12:13
the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
- Joshua 15:15
And ascending further from there, he came to the inhabitants of Debir, which before was called Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
- Joshua 15:16
And Caleb said, “Whoever will have struck down Kiriath-Sepher, and will have seized it, I will give to him Achsah, my daughter, as wife.”
- Joshua 15:49
and Dannah, and Kiriath-Sannah, which is Debir,
- Joshua 21:15
and Holon, and Debir,
Judges
- Judges 1:11
And continuing on from there, he went to the inhabitants of Debir, the old name of which was Kiriath-Sepher, that is, the City of Letters.
- Judges 1:12
And Caleb said, “Whoever will strike Kiriath-Sepher, and will lay waste to it, I will give to him my daughter Achsah as wife.”
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:58
also Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs, then also Hilen and Debir with their suburbs,