Bible Dictionary · L
Lubims
The inhabitants of a thirsty or scorched land; the Lybians, an African nation under tribute to Egypt (2 Chr 12:3; 2 Chr 16:8). Their territory was apparently near Egypt. They were probably the Mizraite Lehabim.
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
- 2 Chronicles 16:8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
