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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Lebonah

Judges 21:19 uses it to say where Shiloh was, on the road between Bethel and Shechem, when the men of Benjamin grabbed wives from the girls dancing at the festival. It is generally identified with Lubban, south of Nablus, which still keeps the name.

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Judges 21:19 uses it to say where Shiloh was, on the road between Bethel and Shechem, when the men of Benjamin grabbed wives from the girls dancing at the festival. It is generally identified with Lubban, south of Nablus, which still keeps the name.

Who this is

Lebonah was a town near Shiloh, used in Judges 21:19 as a landmark to describe Shiloh's location relative to the annual festival where the men of Benjamin seized wives from among the dancing women. It lay along the road between Bethel and Shechem and is generally identified with the modern village of Lubban, south of Nablus, which still preserves the ancient name.

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The word

H3829

Where it is
  • 35.249795
  • 32.059064
Where it appears
  • Judges 21:19

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