Joshua 10:38; Joshua 10:39; Joshua 15:15
Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . The Conquests and Settlements of the Israelites in Western Palestine. From this introduction, which is one of the mos...
Debir... Kirjath-sepher. See note on Joshua 11:21 and Jdg 15:49.
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
And Judah went against the Canaanites— See on Joshua 15:18-19 . The expedition against Hebron seems placed here by way of recapitulation, on accou...
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher: Debir. Its Canaanite name was Kirj...
Introductory ( Judges 1:1 to Judges 3:4 ) Division 1, Judges 1:1 to Judges 2:5 . This section of the book contains a brief recapitulation of...
Debir ] in the Negeb. Kirjath-sepher ] 'Book-city' He ] should be Caleb (see Joshua 15:13 ), to whom ( Joshua 14:6-15 ) Moses had promised this t...
Debir. — See Joshua 15:15 ; Joshua 15:49 . In Joshua 10:38-39 , its conquest is assigned to Joshua. The name means “the oracle.” It afterwards b...
PROBLEMS OF SETTLEMENT AND WAR Judges 1:1-11 IT was a new hour in the history of Israel. To a lengthened period of serfdom there had succeeded...
Renewing the Conquest Judges 1:1-15 The land had been given. There could be no doubt about that. In the ancient covenant which Jehovah had ma...
The Book of Judges covers historically a period from the death of Joshua to the judgeship of Samuel and the introduction of the monarchy. It opens w...
We had this interesting account before, in the preceding book of Joshua, to which I therefore refer the Reader. See Joshua 15:15-19 .
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher. Joshua 15:15 .
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core....
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Conquests of Judah. B. C. 1425. 9 An...
No text from Poole on this verse.
‘ And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.' After Hebron Caleb's next object was...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Judges 1:8 . Now the children of Judah had fought, &c.] Heb . = “ fought ,” the pluperfect form not being given in the orig...
Judges 1 and Judges 2 The character of Joshua is, like that of many soldiers, simple and easily understood. He was strong and of a good courag...
Judges 1:1 . After the death of Joshua, whose death was to the Jews the commencement of new troubles; they asked counsel of the Lord, as directed,...
Kirjath-sepher. The Book-Town The name Kirjath-sepher, that is Book-Town, has been supposed to point to the existence of a semi-popular literat...
EXPOSITION Judges 1:8 Read Fought against Jerusalem , and took it , and smote it. It is the continuation of the narrative of the exploi...
Overthrow of Various Enemies
And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir, a city some ten miles southwest of Hebron; and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher...
Jude's Certain Men The Book of Jude INTRODUCTORY WORDS The statement, "Thy testimonies are wonderful" is nowhere more strikingly true than...
11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: