Joshua - 12:13



13 the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

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Explanation and meaning of Joshua 12:13.

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The king of Dabir one, the king of Gader one,
Rex Debir unus, rex Jeder unus.

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The king of Geder - Probably the same with Gedor, Joshua 15:58; it was situated in the tribe of Judah.

The king of Debir, one,.... The same with Kirjathsepher, of which place; see Gill on Joshua 10:38,
the king of Geder, one: Jerom (h) seems to confound this with the tower of Eder, beyond which Jacob pitched his tent, Genesis 35:21; and he speaks of a Gaddera in the tribe of Judah, in his time a village belonging to the country about Aelia or Jerusalem, and of Gahedur in the tribe of Judah, a large village, ten miles from Diospolis or Lydda, as you go to Eleutheropolis: it seems to be the same with Gederah, Joshua 15:36, or Gedor, Joshua 15:58.
(h) De loc. Hebrews. fol. 92. A. B.

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