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Debir in the Bible.

The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged by Joshua after the victory at Gibeon. The King James Version names Debir in 1 verse, Joshua 10:3.

Who Debir was.

The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged by Joshua (Josh. 10:3, 23) after the victory at Gibeon. These kings fled and took refuge in a cave at Makkedah. Here they were kept confined till Joshua returned from the pursuit of their discomfited armies, when he caused them to be brought forth, and “Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees” (26).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

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The verse that names Debir.

Joshua 1

  • Joshua 10:3Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

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Who was Debir in the Bible?

The king of Eglon, one of the five Canaanitish kings who were hanged by Joshua after the victory at Gibeon. The King James Version names Debir in 1 verse, Joshua 10:3.

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