Joshua 15:15

Debir. Place of the Greekcle.

Kirjath-sepher. Book Town.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The name Debir belonged to two other places; namely,, that named in Joshua 15:7 , between Jerusalem and Jericho, and the Gadite town mentioned in...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joshua 15:1-5 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more ex...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. Kirjath-sepher - The city of the book. Why so na...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. Debir - oracle. Its former name, Kirjath-...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Assignment of the Territory It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary docume...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Debir ] see on Joshua 10:38 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the settlement of the nine and a half tribes, Judah was the first dealt with as being the imperial and kingly tribe. The position allocated to it...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Whether this Debir is the same with that mentioned, Joshua 10:38 . I know not. But if it be, perhaps while Joshua was prosecuting the war in other p...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher. Ver. 15. And the name of Debir before was Kir...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE BORDERS OF JUDAH (vs.1-12) Judah occupied the largest territory of the tribes, though later we read that Simeon's possession was within Judah...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Debir; the same mentioned above, Joshua 15:7 . The name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: this clause seems to be added to distinguish thi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘ And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir was previously Kiriath-sepher.' The mention of the ancient na...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

To him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. Othniel’s conquest of Debir I. The spirit which influenced caleb in the disposal of achsah. He s...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Caleb's Possession.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir; and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher, which, meanwhile, seems to have been fortified ver...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Joshua 10:3 ; Joshua 10:38 ; Judges 1:11-13
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Debir — The same mentioned above, Joshua 15:7 . The name was Kirjath — sepher — This clause seems to be added to distinguish this from the other D...

¹⁵ And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

Related Commentaries of Joshua 15:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joshua 15:15