11And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:
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And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-20)We have here a further account of that glorious and successful campaign which Judah and Simeon made. 1. The lot of Judah was pretty well cleared of the Canaanites, yet not thoroughly. Those that dwelt in the mountain (the mountains that were round about Jerusalem) were driven out ( Jdg. 1:9 , 19 ), but those in the valley kept their ground against them, having chariots of iron , such as we read of…
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