Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Joshua 15:15
And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjath-sepher.
15. to the inhabitants of Debir ] On Debir see above, Jos 11:21. Joshua had conquered and devoted it.
Debir before was Kirjath-sepher ] = “ the city of Books ”, “citee of lettrys;” Wyclif, or (Jos 15:49) Kirjath-Sannah = “city of palm.”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The name Debir belonged to two other places; namely,, that named in Jos 15:7, between Jerusalem and Jericho, and the Gadite town mentioned in Jos 13:26. The Debir here meant appears (and its site has been conjecturally placed at Dhaheriyeh (Conder)) to have been situated in the mountain district south of Hebron. It was one of the towns afterward assigned to the Levites. Its other name Jos 15:49, Kirjath-sannah, i. e. perhaps, city of palm branches, or city of law, or sacred learning, no less than the two given in the text, would indicate that Debir was an ancient seat of Canaanite learning, for Debir probably is equivalent to oracle, and Kirjath-sepher means city of books. This plurality of names marks the importance of the town, as the inducement held out in Jos 15:16, by Caleb, to secure its capture (compare 1Sa 17:25; 1Sa 18:17), points to its strength.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 15. Kirjath-sepher.] The city of the book. Why so named is uncertain. It was also called Debir, and Kirjath-sannah. See Jos 15:49.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Debir; the same mentioned above, Jos 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, Jos 10:38,39.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
15. Debir“oracle.”Its former name, Kirjath-sepher, signifies “city of the book,”being probably a place where public registers were kept.
Jos15:16-20. OTHNIEL, FORHIS VALOR,HAS ACHSAHTO WIFE.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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 many miles from Hebron, and seems to have been in the country, and part of the land, which was given him; of which
[See comments on Jos 10:38];
and the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher; or “the city of books”; either a place of literature, a sort of an academy, or where was a public library; the Targum calls it Kirjatharche, or the city of the archives, in which were laid up the public records of the Canaanites; the same is called Kirjathsannah for the like reason,
[See comments on Jos 15:49].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
15. Debir See on Jos 10:38.
We have now, in 16-19, a glimpse of romance in Hebrew history. It was memorable tradition connected with the capture of Debir, and with the history of one of the princely families of the period.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘ 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 after the change of name. Debir or Kiriath-sepher was at the end of the Judean hills. It is also called Kiriath-sannah (city of palm leaf) in Jos 15:49. Here it is called Kiriath-sepher (city of writing) as in Jdg 1:11. Both names connect with scribal activity (palm leaves were writing materials) which suggests it was well known as a scribal city. Thus its ancient local names
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jos 15:15 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 Debir doth a secret and sacred place. Some think it was a University, or at least, that there was a famous library, such as was afterwards the Serapion at Alexandria, furnished with the best books by Ptolomy Philadelph, who was , as Cyril noteth, a great lover of learning.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Debir = Place of the Greekcle.
Kirjath-sepher = Book Town.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Jos 10:3, Jos 10:38, Jdg 1:11-13
Reciprocal: Jos 15:7 – Debir Jos 15:49 – Kirjathsannah