Lebonah

Lebonah was a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel mentioned in the Bible Judges 21:19. It has been identified with Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, to the south of Nablus.[1]

In Hebrew, Lebonah means frankincense, and is used in this meaning in all other appearances in the Hebrew Bible.

References

  1. Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Lebonah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.


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