John Gill Commentary Joshua 10:39

"and 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 the king thereof." — Joshua 10:39 (ASV)

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; and indeed Burchard ^F11 says it was five or six miles from it, and another writer ^F12 says ten miles:

and they smote them with the edge of the sword ;
the inhabitants of Debir, and the other cities adjacent to it;

and utterly destroyed all the souls that [were] therein, he left none
remaining ;
and yet it seems this city recovered again, and was reinhabited, and after the death of Joshua was taken by Othniel, (Judges 1:11–13) ; unless, as before observed, with respect to Hebron, there is there a more particular account of the taking of it at this time:

as he had done to Hebron, so did he to Debir, and to the king thereof ,
as he had done also to Libnah and her king ;
that is, slew them.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F11: Apud Masium in loc.
• F12: Fuller's Pisgah Sight of Palestine, B. 2. c. 13. p. 276.