Judges 1:11

he went Originally, perhaps, he went upas in Joshua 15:15; LXX here they went up. The subject is Calebin Judges 1:20 restored to its proper place. Joshua 15:15-19 describes the capture of Debir in almost identical words.

Debir … Kiriath-sepher Probably eḍ-Ḍâharîyeh, 4 or 5 hours S.W. of Hebron, cf. Joshua 11:21; Joshua 15:50, and note the position of Anab. The K.-sannah of Joshua 15:50 seems to be merely a corrupted form of Kiriath-sepher, i.e. -book-town," as the LXX, Vulgate, Targ. (-Archive-town") understand it. Some MSS. of the LXX, and the Peshitto, transliterate the Hebr. into a form K.-sôp̣hçrwhich means -town of the scribe," and corresponds with the Egyptian name of the place, -house of the scribe" (W. M. Müller, Asien u. Europa, p. 174). It has been suggested that the town was called Kiriath-sepher because it contained the record-office of the Anâkim, or a library like those preserved in the great cities of Babylonia and Assyria (Sayce). Such fancies are spun out of a dubious etymology; for we cannot be sure that, in this proper name, sepheris the original pronunciation or even a Hebrew word. The original sense of Debîr is equally problematical; in 1 Kings 6:5 etc. debîr= the adytum, lit. the hinder part (not -the oracle"), of the temple.