Libnah (city)
립나 (성읍)
The place to which, at Joshua 10:29, Joshua passes from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, and fights against it. 10:30 reads, “The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.” This collection keeps it apart from Libnah, the camp of Numbers 33:20–21. 2 Kings 8:20–22 says that in the days of Jehoram (the Korean Revised Version 여호람 때에; WEB “In his days”) Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves, and it says, “So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.” 2 Kings 19:8 says, “So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish”, where the Korean Revised Version tells first that he heard the king had departed from Lachish (앗수르 왕이 이미 라기스에서 떠났다 함을 듣고) and then that he went to Libnah and met the king, who was fighting there.
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- 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp
54Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),
55to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and its pasture lands around it;
56but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
58Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
59Ashan with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands;
60and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 2CH 21:8–11, engwebp
8In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
9Then Jehoram went there with his captains and all his chariots with him. He rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, along with the captains of the chariots.
10So Edom has been in revolt from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the prostitute, and led Judah astray.
- 2KI 8:20–22, engwebp
20In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.
21Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him; and he rose up by night and struck the Edomites who surrounded him with the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
- 2KI 19:8–13, engwebp
8So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9When he heard it said of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
10“Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
12Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed—Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- ISA 37:8–13, engwebp
8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
9He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
11Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?
12Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?
13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”
- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- JOS 10:31–33, engwebp
31Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
32The LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
33Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him no one remaining.
- JOS 10:38–39, engwebp
38Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.
39He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
- JOS 12:7–24, engwebp
7These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
8in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:
9the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;
11the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;
12the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
13the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;
14the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;
15the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
16the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
17the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;
18the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lassharon, one;
19the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;
20the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
22the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;
23the king of Dor in the height of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;
24the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty-one.
- JOS 15:42–44, engwebp
42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
43Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib,
44Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages.
- JOS 21:9–19, engwebp
9They gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are mentioned by name:
10and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.
11They gave them Kiriath Arba, named after the father of Anak (also called Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its pasture lands around it.
12But they gave the fields of the city and its villages to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession.
13To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
14Jattir with its pasture lands, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
15Holon with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands,
16Ain with its pasture lands, Juttah with its pasture lands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasture lands: nine cities out of those two tribes.
17Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands,
18Anathoth with its pasture lands, and Almon with its pasture lands: four cities.
19All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands.
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Unresolved interpretation: Riblah in the land of Hamath at 2 Kings 23:33 (the Korean 립나), the Riblah of Numbers 34:11, and Libnah
- Numbers 34:10–11 marks out the east border: “The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain.”
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- NUM 34:10–12, engwebp
10“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
11The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.
12The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”
- NUM 34:10–12, engwebp
- Joshua 10:29 says, “Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.”
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- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
- 2 Kings 23:31 calls Jehoahaz’s mother “Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah”, and 23:33 says of Jehoahaz, “Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem”. The Korean Revised Version writes 립나 in both verses (립나 예레미야의 딸; 하맛 땅 립나).
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- 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp
31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
33Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp
- 2 Kings 25:20–21 says, “Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.” The Korean Revised Version writes 립나 for Riblah in both verses.
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- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
Numbers 34:11 says that the east border goes down from Shepham to Riblah, and Joshua 10:29 that Joshua passed from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. 2 Kings 23:33 and 25:21 name a place in the land of Hamath, which the Korean Revised Version writes 립나 and WEB Riblah. In the same passage, 23:31–33, the Korean Revised Version writes 립나 also in 립나 예레미야, which names Hamutal’s father and which WEB reads “Jeremiah of Libnah”; at Numbers 34:11 it writes 리블라. The text does not say whether this place in the land of Hamath is the Riblah of Numbers 34:11, nor how it stands to Libnah. This collection records it as its own entry, Riblah (in the land of Hamath), apart from that Riblah and from Libnah, and decides nothing.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Libnah 1” by name and 13 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Tell Bornat (confidence 381 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Tell Bornat
OpenBible.info confidence 381 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.6299, 34.87347
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Libnah 1” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (4) — The LORD delivers Libnah and its king into the hand of Israel, The king of Assyria, warring against Libnah, sends messengers again to Hezekiah, Edom and Libnah revolt against Jehoram, The king of Assyria, warring against Libnah, hears news of Tirhakah and sends messengers to Hezekiah
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Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.
The LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel. He took it on the second day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, with all the souls who were in it, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
To the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with its pasture lands, the city of refuge for the man slayer, Libnah with its pasture lands,
So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.
To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands,
So Edom has been in revolt from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time from under his hand, because he had forsaken the LORD, the God of his fathers.
So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Libnah (city) (place-libnah-city) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/libnah-city Current wording: The place to which, at Joshua 10:29, Joshua passes from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, and fights against it. 10:30 reads, “The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.” This collection keeps it apart from Libnah, the camp of Numbers 33:20–21. 2 Kings 8:20–22 says that in the days of Jehoram (the Korean Revised Version 여호람 때에; WEB “In his days”) Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves, and it says, “So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.” 2 Kings 19:8 says, “So Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah; for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish”, where the Korean Revised Version tells first that he heard the king had departed from Lachish (앗수르 왕이 이미 라기스에서 떠났다 함을 듣고) and then that he went to Libnah and met the king, who was fighting there. Cited evidence: 1CH 6:54–60, engwebp / 2CH 21:8–11, engwebp / 2KI 8:20–22, engwebp / 2KI 19:8–13, engwebp / ISA 37:8–13, engwebp / JOS 10:29–30, engwebp / JOS 10:31–33, engwebp / JOS 10:38–39, engwebp (and 3 more of 11) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.