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Joshua 10:38

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¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
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  1. Joshua 15:15Rank 1 from verse 38
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    15And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher.

  2. Joshua 12:13Rank 2 from verse 38
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    13The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

  3. Joshua 15:49Rank 3 from verse 38
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    49And Dannah, and Kirjath-sannah, which is Debir,

  4. Joshua 21:15Rank 4 from verse 38
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    15And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

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    11And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher:

    12And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

    13And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

    14And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

    15And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

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Joshua 10:38

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returned

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of return, meaning to go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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37And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein.

38¶ And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

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39And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king.

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