Kirjath-sepher

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kirjath-sepher
     city of books, Josh. 15:15; same as Kirjath-sannah (q.v.), now
     represented by the valley of ed-Dhaberiyeh, south-west of
     Hebron. The name of this town is an evidence that the Canaanites
     were acquainted with writing and books. "The town probably
     contained a noted school, or was the site of an oracle and the


     residence of some learned priest." The "books" were probably
     engraved stones or bricks.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kirjath-sepher, city of letters, or of the book