Joshua 15:15
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What does Joshua 15:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher."
What does Joshua 15:15 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher."
Verse Joshua 15:15. _KIRJATH-SEPHER._] The _city of the book_. Why so named is uncertain. It was also called _Debir_, and _Kirjath-sannah_. See Joshua 15:49....
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 Joshua 13:26. The Debir here meant appears (and its sit...
3. THE PORTION OF JUDAH CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The south-border of Judah's portion (Joshua 15:1)_ 2. The eastern and northern border (Joshua 15:5) 3. The western border (Joshua 15:12) 4. Caleb's conques...
JOSHUA 15:1 reads rather confusedly. The statement is made that the following is the inheritance of Israel a late writer, wishing to be more exact, says the 9½ tribes, and then proceeds to point out h...
DEBIR. Place of the Greekcle. KIRJATH-SEPHER. Book Town....
The Request of Achsah, Daughter of Caleb 13. _And unto Caleb_ This section, from Joshua 15:13-19, is repeated with slight alterations almost verbatim in Judges 1:10-20. The two sections are probably d...
_Caleb's Inheritance Joshua 15:13-19_ 13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the Lord to Joshua, even the city of Arba the f...
_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-sepher, signifies 'city of the book,' being probably a p...
THE ASSIGNMENT OF THE TERRITORY It has been noticed that there are many incidental features in this narrative which point to a contemporary document. Thus in the lot of Judah we have a full descriptio...
COME IN, AND RECEIVE GOD’S PROMISES! JOSHUA _BRIAN ROWLANDS_ Maps to help you to study this book are on the Internet at www.easyenglish.info. CHAPTER 15 V1 Joshua gave land to the *tribe of Jud...
(13-19) AND UNTO CALEB... This paragraph occurs also in Judges 1:10, with some slight variations. Which is its original place? In Judges it is connected with the continuation of the conquest of Canaan...
וַ יַּ֣עַל מִ שָּׁ֔ם אֶל ־יֹשְׁבֵ֖י דְּבִ֑ר וְ שֵׁם ־דְּבִ֥ר לְ פָנִ֖ים קִרְיַת־סֵֽפֶר׃...
CHAPTER XXIV. THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH. Joshua 15:1. JUDAH was the imperial tribe, and it was fitting that he should be planted in a conspicuous territory. Even if the republic had not been destined...
63, REWARDS OF COURAGE Joshua 15:13 Arba was the greatest among the Anakim or giants, Joshua 14:15. His three sons were equally formidable, Joshua 15:14. But Caleb subdued them through an omnipotent...
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 was the fighting front. It was touched by enemies o...
Before the distribution of the land had gone too far, it was appropriate for Caleb to come to Joshua and remind him of the promise God had made (Numbers 14:21-24; Deuteronomy 1:35-36). Caleb says he w...
CHAPTER XV. _ Letters, as the Septuagint render it. St. Jerome adds this interpretation. (Haydock) --- It means literally "the city of the book." Senna, may also mean "instruction," ver. 49. Here pro...
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 parts, some of the Canaanites had again entered it and...
In the wars of Jehovah it was not always a question of hostile power. Indeed this is not the most serious evil which the people of God have to encounter in this world. The very same principle which wa...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 12 THROUGH 24. Chapter 12 is only a summary of their conquests. The Holy Ghost not only gives us the victory over our enemies, but makes us understand and kno...
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 many miles from Hebron, and seems to have been in th...
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 Kirjathsepher._] Which signifieth a city of books, as D...
1 The borders of the lot of Iudah. 13 Calebs portion and conquest. 16 Othniel for his valour, hath Achsah Calebs daughter to wife. 18 Shee obtaineth a blessing of her father. 21 The Cities of Iuda...
Caleb's Possession....
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's territory (ch.19:1). The boundary on the south of...
13-19 Achsah obtained some land by Caleb's free grant. He gave her a south land. Land indeed, but a south land, dry and apt to be parched. She obtained more, on her request, and he gave the upper and...
DEBIR; the same mentioned above, JOSHUA 15:7. The name of _Debir_ before was KIRJATH-SEPHER: this clause seems to be added to distinguish this from the other _Debir_ subdued by Joshua, JOSHUA 10:38,39...
Joshua 15:15 up H5927 (H8799) to H6440 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Debir H1688 name H8034 Debir H1688 Sepher H7158) Joshua 10:3, Joshua 10:38; Judges 1:11-13...
‘ 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 names may suggest that this record was written shortly a...
CONTENTS: Land divisions; the portion of Judah. CHARACTERS: God, Joshua, Caleb, Othniel, Achsah. CONCLUSION: It is no breach of God's law moderately to desire those comforts and conveniences of life...
Joshua 15:1. _This then was the lot of Judah._ After the arduous toils of war, Joshua entered on an administration of affairs little less difficult than the conquest itself. The country was now rather...
_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 sought to unite her to a man-- (1) Honourable for his...
JOSHUA—NOTE ON JOSHUA 15:1 As the distribution of western lands begins, the important tribe of JUDAH receives its land first. The tribal boundaries are described (vv. Joshua 15:1), followed by listing...
_THE INHERITANCE OF JUDAH_ CRITICAL NOTES.— JOSHUA 15:1. This verse states the position of the lot of Judah in relation to the whole of Canaan; it was in the extreme south of the land. In Joshua 15:...
EXPOSITION THE LOT OF JUDAH. JOSHUA 15:1 THE LOT OF THE TRIBE OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH. The first twelve verses of this chapter define the boundaries of Judah. With it compare Numbers 34:3, which gi...
So in chapter fifteen he describes the portion that was given from Judah, and he tells the borders of the land that was given to Judah, going over at one point, clear to the Mediterranean, the area of...
Joshua 10:3; Joshua 10:38; Judges 1:11...
DIVIDING THE INHERITANCES Joshua 14:6; _Joshua 15:13_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have come to a very interesting place in the early history of Israel even to the dividing of the land, and to the allotti...
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 Debir subdued by Joshua, Joshua 10:38....