Libnah
Where Libnah sits on the map, and the 16 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.
- Identified with
- Tell Bornat
- Coordinates
- 31.6299, 34.8735
- Mentions
- 16 mentions
Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.
Passages where it appears
16 verses, in biblical order.
Joshua
- Joshua 10:29
Then he went on, with all of Israel, from Makkedah to Libnah, and he fought against it.
- Joshua 10:30
And the Lord delivered it, with its king, into the hands of Israel. And they struck the city with the edge of the sword, and all its inhabitants. They did not leave in it any remains. And they did to the king of Libnah, just as they had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:31
From Libnah, with all of Israel, he went on to Lachish. And taking positions around it with his army, he besieged it.
- Joshua 10:32
And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel, and he seized it on the following day, and he struck it with the edge of the sword, and every soul that was in it, just as he had done to Libnah.
- Joshua 10:39
he seized it and laid waste to it, likewise with its king. And all the surrounding towns, he struck with the edge of the sword. He did not leave in it any remains. Just as he had done to Hebron and Libnah, and to their kings, so did he do to Debir and to its 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
Therefore, he gave to the sons of Aaron the priest, Hebron as a city of refuge, as well as its suburbs, and Libnah, with its suburbs,
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 8:22
And Idumea drew apart, so as not to be under Judah, even to this day. Then Libnah also drew apart, at the same time.
- 2 Kings 19:8
Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had withdrawn from Lachish.
- 2 Kings 23:31
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
- 2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 6:57
Then, to the sons of Aaron, they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, and Libnah with its suburbs,
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 21:10
Even so, Edom rebelled, so as not to be under the authority of Judah, even to this day. Also at that time, Libnah withdrew, so as not to be under his hand. For he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 37:8
Then Rabshakeh returned, and he found the king of the Assyrians fighting against Libnah. For he had heard that he had set out from Lachish.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 52:1
Zedekiah was a son of twenty-one years when he first began to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.