Judges 1:11

11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.)

Judges 1:11 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 1:11

And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and
the name of Debir before [was] Kirjathsepher.
] (See Gill on Joshua 15:15).

Judges 1:11 In-Context

9 Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill-country, and in the South, and in the lowland.
10 Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.
11 From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher.)
12 Caleb said, He who strikes Kiriath-sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.
13 Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
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