| Kir'jath-se'pher. (city of books). A town in the mountains of Judah, Joshua 15:49 one of a group of eleven cities to the west of Hebron. The earlier name of Debir was Kirjath-sepher, "city of book," 15:15; Judges 1:11 and Kirjath-sannah, "city of palm." Joshua 15:49 It was one of the cities given with their "suburbs" to the priests. 21:15; 1 Chronicles 6:58 Debir has not been discovered with certainty in modern times; but about three miles to the west of Hebron is a deep and secluded valley called the Wady Nunkur, enclosed on the north by hills, of which one bears a name certainly suggestive of Debir—Dewir-ban. Smith's Bible Dictionary or |