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Biblical
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word, debir or dvir () may refer to:
Names
* Debir King of Eglon, a
Canaan
CanaanThe current scholarly edition of the Septuagint, Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta : id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interprets. 2. ed. / recogn. et emendavit Robert Hanhart. Stuttgart : D ...
ite
king
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of
Eglon, slain by
Joshua
Joshua ( ), also known as Yehoshua ( ''Yəhōšuaʿ'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšuaʿ,'' Literal translation, lit. 'Yahweh is salvation'), Jehoshua, or Josue, functioned as Moses' assistant in the books of Book of Exodus, Exodus and ...
(). Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cave. There they were trapped until later executed.
Places
* A royal Canaanite city in the
Judaean Mountains also known as
Kirjath Sepher () and Kiriath-Sannah. () Following the Israelite conquest, it became a
Kohanic city. () It is commonly identified with
Khirbet Rabud southwest of
Hebron
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.
and
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener thought ''Debir'', mentioned in was
ad-Dhahiriya.
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* A site mentioned to be in the low plain of Achor. () Though its exact location is not known, the name may have survived in Thogheret ed-Debr, southwest of Jericho
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* A location in Gilead, at the border of the Tribe of Gad, commonly believed to be the same as Lo-debar. () Some identify the place with Umm ed-Dabar, south of the Sea of Galilee
The Sea of Galilee (, Judeo-Aramaic languages, Judeo-Aramaic: יַמּא דטבריא, גִּנֵּיסַר, ), also called Lake Tiberias, Genezareth Lake or Kinneret, is a freshwater lake in Israel. It is the lowest freshwater lake on Earth ...
.
Religion
* The ''debir'' (), the innermost part of the Holy of Holies
The Holy of Holies ( or ''Kodesh HaKodashim''; also ''hadDəḇīr'', 'the Sanctuary') is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah (God in Judaism, God's presence) appeared. According ...
in Solomon's Temple
* According to the apocryphal text '' Lives of the Prophets'', after the death of Zechariah ben Jehoiada, the priests of the Temple could no longer see the apparitions of the angel
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s of the Lord, nor could make divination
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s with the Ephod, nor give responses from the ''Debir''
See also
* Tell Beit Mirsim
* Dvir (disambiguation)
References
Bibliography
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Monarchs in the Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible cities
Gilead