Kirjath Sannah
Kirjath Sannah [1]
("city of palms" (Gesenius), "city of doctrine" (Bochart).) It was in the mountains of Judah, not the usual habitat of palms, rather it was the Canaanite center of religious teaching ( Joshua 15:49) Kirjath Sannah or Kirjath Sepher, "city of a book." Joshua took it and slew its king and inhabitants ( Joshua 10:38-39; Joshua 12:13). It was then called also Debir (an inner place, namely, among the mountains) in the center of Judah, not the Debit on the N.E. frontier ( Joshua 15:7; Joshua 15:15-16; Joshua 11:21; Joshua 21:15; Judges 1:11-12). Assigned to the priests. Possibly now Dewirban on a hill an hour's distance W. from Hebron; but more probably Dhoheriyeh: see Palestine Exploration Quarterly Statement, January, 1875, p. 48.
