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Jabneel
Built by God. (1.) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70), it became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of a celebrated school.
(2.) A town on the border of Naphtali (Josh 19:33). Its later name was Kefr Yemmah, “the village by the sea,” on the south shore of Lake Merom.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- Joshua 15:11 And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.
- Joshua 19:33 And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
