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Libnah
Town or city mentioned in 16 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (8), 2 Kings (4), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 10:29 first mention — Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
- Joshua 10:31 — And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
- 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 her king.
- Joshua 12:15 — The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- Joshua 15:42 — Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan,
- Joshua 21:13 — Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs,
- 2 Kings 8:22 — Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- 2 Kings 19:8 — So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- 1 Chronicles 6:57 — And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
- 2 Chronicles 21:10 — So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers.
- Isaiah 37:8 — So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
- Jeremiah 52:1 — Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Nearby places
- Ether 2 km
- Moresheth-gath 4 km
- Mareshah 5 km
- Shephelah 7 km
- Lachish 8 km
- Achzib 8 km
- Gath 8 km
- Azekah 10 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.