See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]
## the name of Debir was previously Kiriath Sepher ##
The author probably wrote this because his readers knew the city as Debir. But at the time Israel attacked it, it was called "Kiriath Sepher." AT: It used to be called Kiriath Sepher" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
## previously ##
"in times past" or "an an earlier time"