Libnah

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transparency; whiteness.

  1. One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness (Num 33:20, 21).
  2. One of the royal cities of the Canaanites taken by Joshua (Josh 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 (2Kg 19:8; Isa 37:8). It was the native place of Hamutal, the queen of Josiah (2Kg 23:31). It stood near Lachish, and has been identified with the modern Arak el-Menshiyeh.


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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