And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:
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Gill's Exposition
And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof,.... For this also was a royal city, and had others dependent on it; and therefore must lie further from Hebron than before suggested;…
Barnes' Notes
Joshua returned - The words mark a change in the direction of the march. Joshua from Hebron turned to the southwest, and attacked Debir or Kirjath-sepher and its dependencies Jos 15:15.
We are here informed how Joshua improved the late glorious victory he had obtained and the advantages he had gained by it, and to do this well is a general's praise.
I. Here is a particular account of…
Cambridge Bible
returned] or turned. "Turnyde in," Wyclif. The words indicate a change in the direction of the march. Comp. Exo 5:22, "and Moses returnedunto the Lord," From Hebron he turned in to the south-west, and…
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