Joshua 15:15

15 From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).

Joshua 15:15 in Other Translations

15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.

15 And he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir. Now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher.

15 From there he went to fight against the people living in the town of Debir (formerly called Kiriath-sepher).

15 He marched up from there against the people of Debir. Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.

15 From there he marched against the inhabitants of Debir whose name used to be Kiriath-sepher,

Joshua 15:15 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 15:15

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 Gill on Joshua 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 Gill on Joshua 15:49).

Joshua 15:15 In-Context

13 In accordance with the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah—Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)

14 From Hebron Caleb drove out the three Anakites—Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai, the sons of Anak.

15 From there he marched against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher).

16 And Caleb said, “I will give my daughter Aksah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.”

17 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Aksah to him in marriage.