A Biblical word, dvir pronounced [dǝˈviːr] (דְּבִיר‎) may refer to:

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  • Debir King of Eglon, a Canaanite king of Eglon, slain by Joshua (Joshua 10). 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.

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In apocryphal literature

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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 divinations with the Ephod, nor give responses from the Debir.

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References

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  1. ^ Lemche, Niels Peter (2004). Historical dictionary of ancient Israel. Historical dictionaries of ancient civilizations and historical eras. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-4848-1.
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 402
  3. ^ Conder (1879), p. 93

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