11From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.
As with Hebron, so here the remark that Debir was at one time named Kiriath-sepher indicates that Israel, by the hand of Lord, had displaced the Canaanites.
11 From there they went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir was formerly Kiriath-sepher.