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Libnah: (whiteness). 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. Jos 21:13; 1Ch 6:57 In the reign of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat it "revolted" form Judah at the same time with Edom. 2Ki 8:22; 2Ch 21:10 Probably the modern Ayak el-Menshiyeh. 2. One of the stations at which the Israelites encamped on their journey between the wilderness of Sinai and Kadesh. Nu 33:20,21 |
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