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<p> <strong> JABNEEL. 1. </strong> A town on the N. border of Judah, near Mt. Baalah, and close to the sea (&nbsp; Joshua 15:11 ). In &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 26:6 it is mentioned under the name <strong> [[Jabneh]] </strong> , along with [[Gath]] and Ashdod, as one of the cities captured from the [[Philistines]] by Uzziah. Although these are the only OT references, it is frequently mentioned (under the name <strong> [[Jamnia]] </strong> ) in the Books of [[Maccabees]] ( 1Ma 4:15; 1Ma 5:58; 1Ma 10:69; 1Ma 15:40 , 2Ma 12:8-9; 2Ma 12:40 ) and in Josephus. [[Judas]] is said to have burned its harbour; it was captured by Simon from the Syrians. In Jdt 2:28 it is called <strong> [[Jemnaan]] </strong> . After various vicissitudes it was captured in the war of the [[Jews]] by Vespasian. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Jabneel, now called Jamnia, became the home of the Sanhedrin. At the time of the [[Crusades]] the castle <em> Ibelin </em> stood on the site. To-day the village of <em> Yebna </em> stands on the ruined remains of these ancient occupations. It stands 170 feet above the sea on a prominent hill S. of the <em> [[Wady]] Rubin </em> . The ancient <em> Majumas </em> or harbour of Jamnia lies to the West. ‘The port would seem to be naturally better than any along the coast of [[Palestine]] S. of Cæsarea’ (Warren). </p> <p> <strong> 2. </strong> An unknown site on the N. boundary of [[Naphtali]] not far from the [[Jordan]] (&nbsp; Joshua 19:33 ). </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p>

<li> A town on the border of Naphtali (&nbsp;Joshua 19:33 ). Its later name was Kefr Yemmah, "the village by the sea," on the south shore of Lake Merom. <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Jabneel'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/jabneel.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> [[Jabneel]] (''Jăb'Ne-El'' or ''Jăb'Ne'' [[El]] ), ''Jehovah Causes To Be Built.'' A town of Judah; called also Jabneh. &nbsp;Joshua 15:11; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 26:6. Uzziah captured it from the Philistines. It was called by Josephus, Jamnia, and after the destruction of [[Jerusalem]] was for some time the seat of a famous Jewish school of learning. It is identified with Yebnah, a [[Tillage]] about 170 feet above the [[Mediterranean]] and 12 miles south of Joppa. </p>

<p> (Hebrew Yabneel', יִבְנְאֵל '', Built'' by ''God;'' Sept. Ι᾿αβνήλ, but Ι᾿αβιήλ in &nbsp;Joshua 19:33), the name of two places. </p> <p> '''1.''' A town on the northern boundary of Judah, between Mount [[Baalah]] and the Mediterranean (&nbsp;Joshua 15:11); probably the same elsewhere (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 26:6) called JABNEH (See Jabneh) (q.v.) or JAMNIANI (&nbsp;1 Maccabees 4:15, etc.). </p> <p> '''2.''' A city on the border of Naphtali, mentioned between [[Nekeb]] and [[Lakum]] (&nbsp;Joshua 19:33). Schwarz ''(Palest.'' p. 181, 182) affirms that the later name of Jabneel was ''Ker Yameah,'' "the village, by the sea," and on Talmudical grounds (comp. Reland's ''Palcest.'' p. 545, 716) locates it on the southern shore of Lake Merom, and thinks it identical with the ''Jaminia'' or ''Jainnuith'' mentioned by Josephus as lying in this section of Upper Galilee (Ι᾿άμνια, Life, 37; Ι᾿αμνίθ '', War,'' 2, 20, 6). This is ‘ not improbable, as the boundary-line here described appears to have extended from the northern limit of Palestine along the eastern bounds of Naphtali to the Jordan proper. It is perhaps the village Ja'tneh, visited by Dr. Robinson, on the declivity of the western mountain south of Lake Huleh, with a wady containing a small stream on the south of the village, and a few ruins of the Jewish type (Later Researches, p. 361,362). </p>