In the reign of Joram, Libnah joined the Edomites in a revolt against the king of Judah (2 Kings 8:22 2 Chronicles 21:10). In the reign of Hezekiah, Libnah was besieged by Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:8 Isaiah 37:8).

Libnah or Lobana (Hebrew: לִבְנָה, whiteness; Latin: Lobana) was an independent city, probably near the western seaboard of Israel, with its own king at the time of the Israelite conquest of Canaan. [1] It is thought to have been an important producer of revenue, and one that rebelled against the Judahite crown.

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,

Lib'nah. (whiteness). 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.

Libnah was the home of Hamutal, the mother of Zedekiah (2 Kings 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1). The most probable of the sites suggested for ancient Libnah seems to be the modern Tell es-Safi. Joshua 15:42 places Libnah in the Shephelah and Eusebius identified the site of ancient Libnah with a town in the district of Eleutheropolis.

This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. The confidence levels add up to less than 100%, indicating that the modern location is uncertain. It's best to think about the confidences in relative rather than absolute terms.

2015年2月25日 · According to biblical accounts, Libnah was one of the places where the Israelites stopped during the Exodus, which subsequently became a town in the Kingdom of Judah. Map showing the Kingdoms of Israel (blue) and Judah (orange), ancient Southern Levant borders and ancient cities such as Urmomium and Jerash.

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Cities the Israelites conquered. 3d Map of 33 cities the Israelites conquered, led by Joshua during the conquest of the Promised Land. Joshua's southern campaign Israel's hill country Israelites settled in the hills of ancient Canaan for strategic reasons, mainly to defend themselves against enemy chariot…

(1) Joshua 15:33, a site in the lowlands of Judah, probably near Estaol and Zorah. The small ruin Aslin between those two places may retain an echo of the old name; (2) Joshua 15:43 an unknown site farther south.