YuēShūyàjì 10:38

38 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén huí dàoDǐbì , gōngdǎ zhè chéng ,

YuēShūyàjì 10:38 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 10:38

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir
A city, according to Kimchi, which he passed by when he went to Hebron, and did not fight against it; but, when he had taken Hebron, returned and took it; and which Bunting ^F8 says was but a mile from it, and twenty two miles from Jerusalem, towards the south; it is the same with Kirjathsepher and Kirjathsannah, ( Joshua 15:15 Joshua 15:49 ) ; the city of a book or books; and the Rabbins say ^F9, that with the Persians Debir signifies the same, and had its name from a library which was here kept, or from the archives in which the most memorable things since the flood were recorded; or from the making of paper or parchment, or whatsoever was made use of for writing, and of which volumes of books were made:

and fought against it;
it refusing to submit to him upon his summons.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Travels of the Patriarchs p. 96.
F9 T. Bab. Avodah Zarah, fol. 24. 2.

YuēShūyàjì 10:38 In-Context

36 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén cóng Yījīlún shàng Xībǎilún qù , gōngdǎ zhè chéng ,

37 Jiù duó le Xībǎilún hé shǔ Xībǎilún de zhū chéngyì , yòng dāo jiāng chéng zhōng de rén yǔ wáng , bìng nàxiē chéngyì zhōng de rénkǒu , dōu jī shā le , méiyǒu liú xià yī gè , shì zhào tā xiàng Yījīlún suǒ xíng de , bǎ chéng zhōng de yīqiè rénkǒu jìn xíng shā miè .

38 Yuēshūyà hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén huí dàoDǐbì , gōngdǎ zhè chéng ,

39 Jiù duó le Dǐbì hé shǔ Dǐbì de chéngyì , yòu qín huò Dǐbì de wáng , yòng dāo jiāng zhèxie chéng zhōng de rénkǒu jìn xíng shā miè , méiyǒu liú xià yī gè . tā daì Dǐbì hé Dǐbì wáng , xiàng cóng qián daì Xībǎilún hé Lìná yǔ Lìná wáng yíyàng .

40 Zhèyàng , Yuēshūyà jī shā quán dì de rén , jiù shì shān dì , nán dì , gāo yuán , shān pō de rén , hé nàxiē dì de zhū wáng , méiyǒu liú xià yī gè . jiāng fán yǒu qìxī de jìn xíng shā miè , zhēng rú Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén suǒ fēnfu de .