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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36440" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36440" /> == | ||
<p> ("whiteness".) </p> <p> 1. The Blanche Garde of the crusaders (Stanley). A city in the shephelah or low hills S.W. of Palestine, taken by Joshua, though not one of the leagued cities, because he would not leave so strong a city unsubdued in his rear, after destroying [[Makkedah]] on his way to Lachish. A priests' city with its "suburbs" (Joshua 10:29-30; Joshua 10:32-39; Joshua 12:15; Joshua 15:42; Joshua 21:13). It revolted from [[Judah]] at the same time as Edom, in the reign of Jehoram, Jehoshaphat's son, "because he had forsaken the Lord [[God]] of his fathers" (2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:10-11). Its remoteness from the capital, which [[Jehoram]] had corrupted into idolatry, and the presence of the sacred ministers in it, made its people desire separation from the idolaters; hence its revolt, as the scripture quoted implies. The explanation of the revolt, though satisfactory, is one inferred from comparing independent scriptures (2 Chronicles 21:10; 2 Kings 8:18; Joshua 15:42; Joshua 21:13), an undesigned propriety confirming the truth. </p> <p> After [[Lachish]] [[Sennacherib]] besieged Libnah, and there heard of what alarmed him, Tirhakah's advance (2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8). [[Rabshakeh]] joined him there, and probably brought with him the portion of the [[Assyrian]] army which had been before Jerusalem. At [[Libnah]] near [[Egypt]] G. Rawlinson thinks the miraculous destruction of the Assyrian army took place: not at Jerusalem; so Jehovah's promise (Isaiah 37:33), "Sennacherib shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields "; then verse 36 will mean, "when they (Sennacherib and the surviving Assyrians) arose early in the morning, behold they (the smitten Assyrians) were all dead corpses." [[Herodotus]] (ii. 141) gives the [[Egyptian]] story, that Sennacherib retreated from Pelusium, the Egyptian gods having sent field mice which gnawed their bowstrings and shield straps, a corruption of Jehovah's promise above. Hamutal, Josiah's queen, mother of [[Jehoahaz]] and Zedekiah, was of Libnah (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18.) </p> <p> E. [[Wilton]] identifies Libnah with Lebben, five miles S. of Gaza, near the northern bank of wady Sheriah, a good point from which Sennacherib could watch Tirhakah's advance from the Egyptian quarter. The smallness of the remains is due to the buildings having been of large sun-dried bricks, soon disintegrating, not stone. Condor (Palestine Exploration, July, 1875) identifies it with | <p> ("whiteness".) </p> <p> 1. The Blanche Garde of the crusaders (Stanley). A city in the shephelah or low hills S.W. of Palestine, taken by Joshua, though not one of the leagued cities, because he would not leave so strong a city unsubdued in his rear, after destroying [[Makkedah]] on his way to Lachish. A priests' city with its "suburbs" (Joshua 10:29-30; Joshua 10:32-39; Joshua 12:15; Joshua 15:42; Joshua 21:13). It revolted from [[Judah]] at the same time as Edom, in the reign of Jehoram, Jehoshaphat's son, "because he had forsaken the Lord [[God]] of his fathers" (2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:10-11). Its remoteness from the capital, which [[Jehoram]] had corrupted into idolatry, and the presence of the sacred ministers in it, made its people desire separation from the idolaters; hence its revolt, as the scripture quoted implies. The explanation of the revolt, though satisfactory, is one inferred from comparing independent scriptures (2 Chronicles 21:10; 2 Kings 8:18; Joshua 15:42; Joshua 21:13), an undesigned propriety confirming the truth. </p> <p> After [[Lachish]] [[Sennacherib]] besieged Libnah, and there heard of what alarmed him, Tirhakah's advance (2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8). [[Rabshakeh]] joined him there, and probably brought with him the portion of the [[Assyrian]] army which had been before Jerusalem. At [[Libnah]] near [[Egypt]] G. Rawlinson thinks the miraculous destruction of the Assyrian army took place: not at Jerusalem; so Jehovah's promise (Isaiah 37:33), "Sennacherib shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields "; then verse 36 will mean, "when they (Sennacherib and the surviving Assyrians) arose early in the morning, behold they (the smitten Assyrians) were all dead corpses." [[Herodotus]] (ii. 141) gives the [[Egyptian]] story, that Sennacherib retreated from Pelusium, the Egyptian gods having sent field mice which gnawed their bowstrings and shield straps, a corruption of Jehovah's promise above. Hamutal, Josiah's queen, mother of [[Jehoahaz]] and Zedekiah, was of Libnah (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18.) </p> <p> E. [[Wilton]] identifies Libnah with Lebben, five miles S. of Gaza, near the northern bank of wady Sheriah, a good point from which Sennacherib could watch Tirhakah's advance from the Egyptian quarter. The smallness of the remains is due to the buildings having been of large sun-dried bricks, soon disintegrating, not stone. Condor (Palestine Exploration, July, 1875) identifies it with Belt Jibrin. [[Warren]] (Palestine Exploration, July, 1875) identifies Libnah with Ibna, a ruin on a hill at the sea coast, between Jaffa and Ashdod, and identical with [[Jabneel]] or Jabnab. As Libnah was a priests' town, so [[Jamnia]] became latterly the seat of the [[Sanhedrin]] and head quarters of [[Hebrew]] learning. Libnah (whiteness) perhaps is named from some natural feature, as white poplars; as [[Rithmah]] is from retem "the juniper." [[El]] Benawy is mentioned for it in [[Palestine]] Exploration Quarterly Statement, January, 1878, p. 19. </p> <p> 2. A station of [[Israel]] between [[Sinai]] and Kadesh, the fifth after Sinai. The [[Laban]] of Deuteronomy 1:1, near the [[Arabah]] and Elanitic gulf. Now el Beyaneh ("the distinct.," Arabic), part of the mountain plateau and valley W. of the Arabah. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52365" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_52365" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> LIBNAH. </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> An unidentified station in the desert wanderings ( Numbers 33:20 ). <strong> 2. </strong> A [[Canaanite]] city taken by Joshua after [[Makkedah]] and before [[Lachish]] ( Joshua 10:29 etc.), named between [[Arad]] and [[Adullam]] ( Joshua 12:16 ), and between Makkedah and [[Ether]] in the Shephçlah ( Joshua 15:42 ). It was given to the [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:67 ). [[Taking]] advantage of an [[Edomite]] revolt, it rose against [[Judah]] under [[Joram]] ( 2 Kings 8:22 ). It was besieged by [[Sennacherib]] ( 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 37:8 ). Hamutal, mother of [[Jehoahaz]] and Zedekiah, was a native of [[Libnah]] ( 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18 , Jeremiah 52:1 ). The district is clearly indicated, but the site is still unknown. Conder ( <em> PEFSt </em> <em> [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] </em> , 1897, p. 69) suggests <em> el-Benawy </em> , 10 miles S.E. of Lachish ( <em> [[Tell]] el-Hesy </em> ). </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p> | <p> <strong> LIBNAH. </strong> <strong> 1. </strong> An unidentified station in the desert wanderings ( Numbers 33:20 ). <strong> 2. </strong> A [[Canaanite]] city taken by Joshua after [[Makkedah]] and before [[Lachish]] ( Joshua 10:29 etc.), named between [[Arad]] and [[Adullam]] ( Joshua 12:16 ), and between Makkedah and [[Ether]] in the Shephçlah ( Joshua 15:42 ). It was given to the [[Levites]] ( Joshua 21:18 , 1 Chronicles 6:67 ). [[Taking]] advantage of an [[Edomite]] revolt, it rose against [[Judah]] under [[Joram]] ( 2 Kings 8:22 ). It was besieged by [[Sennacherib]] ( 2 Kings 19:8 = Isaiah 37:8 ). Hamutal, mother of [[Jehoahaz]] and Zedekiah, was a native of [[Libnah]] ( 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18 , Jeremiah 52:1 ). The district is clearly indicated, but the site is still unknown. Conder ( <em> PEFSt </em> <em> [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] </em> , 1897, p. 69) suggests <em> el-Benawy </em> , 10 miles S.E. of Lachish ( <em> [[Tell]] el-Hesy </em> ). </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p> | ||
== | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32483" /> == | ||
< | <li> One of the royal cities of the [[Canaanites]] taken by Joshua (Joshua 10:29-32; 12:15 ). It became one of the [[Levitical]] towns in the tribe of [[Judah]] (21:13), and was strongly fortified. [[Sennacherib]] laid siege to it (2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8 ). It was the native place of Hamutal, the queen of [[Josiah]] (2 Kings 23:31 ). It stood near Lachish, and has been identified with the modern Arak el-Menshiyeh. <div> <p> [[Copyright]] StatementThese 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 InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Libnah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/l/libnah.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70405" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70405" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73692" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_73692" /> == | ||
<p> Lib'nah. (whiteness). </p> <p> 1. A royal city of the Canaanites, which lay in the southwest part of the [[Holy]] Land, taken by Joshua immediately after the rout of Beth-horon. It was near Lachish, west of Makkedah. It was appropriated with its "suburbs" to the priests. Joshua 21:13; 1 Chronicles 6:57. In the reign of Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, it "revolted" from [[Judah]] at the same time with Edom. 2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:10. Probably, the modern Ayak el-Menshiyeh. </p> <p> 2. One of the stations, at which the [[Israelites]] encamped on their journey, between the wilderness of [[Sinai]] and Kadesh. Numbers 33:20-21. </p> | <p> Lib'nah. (whiteness). </p> <p> 1. A royal city of the Canaanites, which lay in the southwest part of the [[Holy]] Land, taken by Joshua immediately after the rout of Beth-horon. It was near Lachish, west of Makkedah. It was appropriated with its "suburbs" to the priests. Joshua 21:13; 1 Chronicles 6:57. In the reign of Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, it "revolted" from [[Judah]] at the same time with Edom. 2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:10. Probably, the modern Ayak el-Menshiyeh. </p> <p> 2. One of the stations, at which the [[Israelites]] encamped on their journey, between the wilderness of [[Sinai]] and Kadesh. Numbers 33:20-21. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_67420" /> == | |||
<p> 1. One of the stations at which the [[Israelites]] encamped. Numbers 33:20,21 . </p> <p> 2. City in the south-west taken by Joshua and its inhabitants totally destroyed. It was allotted to [[Judah]] and was afterwards given to the priests. It revolted from Jehoram. [[Afterwards]] it was besieged by Sennacherib, but apparently was not taken. Joshua 10:29-39; Joshua 21:13; 1 Chronicles 6:57; 2 Chronicles 21:10; Isaiah 37:8; Jeremiah 52:1 . Not identified. </p> | |||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16556" /> == | |||
<p> A city in the western part of Judah, not far from Lachish, conquered by Joshua from the Canaanites, and assigned to the priests, Joshua 10:29,30 15:42 21:13 1 Chronicles 6:57 . Its inhabitants revolted against the idolatrous and cruel Jehoram, 2 Chronicles 21:10 . It was a strongly fortified place, and under its walls the [[Assyrian]] army was miraculously cut off, 2 Kings 19:8,9,35 . </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_42043" /> == | |||
Numbers 33:20Joshua 10:29-30Joshua 15:42Joshua 21:132 Kings 8:222 Kings 19:82 Kings 23:312 Kings 24:18 | |||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81028" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_81028" /> == | ||
<p> a city in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:42 , of which a cession was made to the priests for their habitation, and which was declared a city of refuge, 1 Chronicles 6:57 . </p> | <p> a city in the southern part of the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:42 , of which a cession was made to the priests for their habitation, and which was declared a city of refuge, 1 Chronicles 6:57 . </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_48408" /> == | |||
<p> (Heb. Libnah', לַבְנָה , transparency, as in Exodus 24:10), the name of two places. (See [[Shihor-Libnath]]). </p> <p> 1. (Sept. Λεβωνᾶ v.r. Λεμωνᾶ .) The twenty-first station of the [[Israelites]] in the desert, between [[Rimmonparez]] and [[Rissah]] (Numbers 33:20-21); probably identical with LABAN (Deuteronomy 1:1), and perhaps situated near wady el-Ain, west of Kadesh-Barnea. (See [[Exode]]). </p> <p> 2. (Sept. Λεβνά, sometimes Λοβνά , occasionally Λοβνάν, and even Λεβονά .) One of the royal cities of the [[Canaanites]] (Joshua 12:15), taken and destroyed by Joshua immediately after [[Makkedah]] and before [[Lachish]] (Joshua 10:29-32; Joshua 10:39). It lay in the plain within the territory assigned to [[Judah]] (Joshua 15:42), and became one of the [[Levitical]] towns in that tribe, as well as an asylum (Joshua 21:13; 1 Chronicles 6:57). In the reign of king Jehoram, [[Libnah]] is said to have revolted from him (2 Kings 8:22; 2 Chronicles 21:10). From the circumstance of this revolt having happened at the same time with that of the Edomites, it has been supposed by some to have reference to another town of the same name situated in that country. But such a conjecture is unnecessary and improbable, for it appears that the [[Philistines]] and [[Arabians]] revolted at the same time (2 Chronicles 21:16). Libnah of Judah rebelled because it refused to admit the idolatries of Jehoram; and it is not said in either of the passages in which this act is recorded, as of Edom, that it continued in revolt "unto this day." It may be inferred either that it was speedily reduced to obedience, or that, on the re-establishment of the true worship, it spontaneously returned to its allegiance, for we find it was the native place of the grandfather of two of the last kings of Judah (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1). It appears to have been a strongly fortified place, for the [[Assyrian]] king [[Sennacherib]] was detained some time before it when he invaded [[Judaea]] in the time of Hezekiah. (See [[Hezekiah]]). </p> <p> On completing or relinquishing the siege of Lachish — which of the two is not quite certain — Sennacherib laid siege to Libnah (2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8). While there he was joined by [[Rabshakeh]] and the part of the army which had visited [[Jerusalem]] (2 Kings 19:8; Isaiah 37:8), and received the intelligence of Tirhakah's approach; and it would appear that at Libnah the destruction of the Assyrian army took place, though the statements of [[Herodotus]] (2:141) and of [[Josephus]] (Ant. 10:1, 4) place it at [[Pelusium]] (see Rawlinson, Herod. 1:480). Libnah was the native place of [[Hamutal]] or Hamital, the [[Queen]] of Josiah, and mother of [[Jehoahaz]] (2 Kings 23:31) and [[Zedekiah]] (24:18; Jeremiah 52:1). It is in this connection that its name appears for the last time in the Bible. It existed as a village in the time of [[Eusebius]] and Jerome, and is placed by them in the district of [[Eleutheropolis]] (Onomast. s.v. Λοβανά; compare Josephus, Ant. 10:5, 2). Dr. Robinson was unable to discover the least trace of its site (Bib. Res. 2:389). Stanley inclines to find the site at [[Tell]] es-Safieh (Sinai and Pal. pages 207, 258); but this is probably Gath. [[Van]] de Velde suggests Arak el-Mensahiyeh, a hill about four miles west of Beit-jebrsin (Memoir, page 330), which seems to answer to the requirements of location. It stood near Lachish, west of Makkedah, and probably also west of Eleutheropolis (Keil, Comment. on Joshua 10:29), and was situated in the district immediately west of the hill region, in the vicinity of Ether, Ashan, etc. (Joshua 15:42). </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5881" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_5881" /> == | ||
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== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16070" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_16070" /> == | ||
<p> Lib´nah, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, taken by Joshua immediately after [[Makkedah]] . It lay within the territory assigned to [[Judah]] , and became one of the [[Levitical]] towns in that tribe . It was a strongly fortified place. The [[Assyrian]] King [[Sennacherib]] was detained some time before it when he invaded [[Judea]] in the time of Hezekiah; and it was before it that he sustained that dreadful stroke which constrained him to withdraw to his own country . In the reign of King Jehoram, [[Libnah]] is said to have revolted from him . Libnah existed as a village in the time of [[Eusebius]] and Jerome, and is placed by them in the district of Eleutheropolis. </p> | <p> Lib´nah, one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, taken by Joshua immediately after [[Makkedah]] . It lay within the territory assigned to [[Judah]] , and became one of the [[Levitical]] towns in that tribe . It was a strongly fortified place. The [[Assyrian]] King [[Sennacherib]] was detained some time before it when he invaded [[Judea]] in the time of Hezekiah; and it was before it that he sustained that dreadful stroke which constrained him to withdraw to his own country . In the reign of King Jehoram, [[Libnah]] is said to have revolted from him . Libnah existed as a village in the time of [[Eusebius]] and Jerome, and is placed by them in the district of Eleutheropolis. </p> | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_36440"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_52365"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/libnah Libnah from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_32483"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_32483"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_70405"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/libnah Libnah from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_73692"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_67420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_67420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_16556"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_42043"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_81028"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_81028"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/libnah Libnah from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_48408"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/libnah Libnah from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_5881"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/libnah Libnah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_5881"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/libnah Libnah from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_16070"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/libnah Libnah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_16070"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/libnah Libnah from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | ||
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