Biblical The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

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Names

* Debir King of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon, slain by Joshua (). Aided by miracles, Joshua's army routed the Canaanite military, forcing Debir and the other kings to seek refuge in a cave. There they were trapped until later executed.

Places

* A royal Canaanite city in the Judaean Mountains, also known as Kiriath-Sepher () and Kiriath-Sannah. () Following the Israelite conquest, it became a Kohanic city. () It is commonly identified with Khirbet Rabud southwest of Hebron. Conder and

Kitchener Kitchener may refer to: People * Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom ** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener ** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...

thought ''Debir'', mentioned in was present

Ad-Dhahiriya Ad-Dhahiriya (also Az-Zahiriya) ( ar, الظاهرية) is a Palestinian city in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, 23 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau o ...

.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p
402
/ref> Conder (1879), p
93
/ref> * A site mentioned to be in the low plain of Achor. () Though its exact location is not known, the name may have survived in Thogheret ed-Debr, southwest of

Jericho Jericho ( ; ar, أريحا ; he, יְרִיחוֹ ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank. It is located in the Jordan Valley, with the Jordan River to the east and Jerusalem to the west. It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Gove ...

. * A location in Gilead, at the border of the Tribe of Gad, commonly believed to be the same as Lo-Debar. () Some identify the place with Umm ed-Dabar, south of Gennesareth Sea.

Religion

* The ''dvir'' (), the innermost part of the

Holy of Holies The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: ''Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm'' or ''Kodesh HaKodashim''; also הַדְּבִיר ''haDəḇīr'', 'the Sanctuary') is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where God's prese ...

in Solomon's Temple.

In apocryphal literature

According to the ancient apocryphal '' Lives of the Prophets'', after the death of Zechariah Ben Jehoiada, the priests of the Temple could no more, as before, see the apparitions of the angels of the Lord, nor could make

divination Divination (from Latin ''divinare'', 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout histor ...

s with the Ephod, nor give responses from the ''Debir''.

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