And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kiriathsepher:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The city of letters. Perhaps so called, from some famous school or library kept there. (Challoner)
The explanation, that is, is added by the Vulgate. (Haydock)
Madrid, in Arabic, means "the mother of sciences. "(Menochius)
