Jabneel
Jabneel
(Hebrew Yabneel’, , built by God; Sept. , but in Jos 19:33), the name of two places.
1. A town on the northern boundary of Judah, between Mount Baalah and the Mediterranean (Jos 15:11); probably the same elsewhere (2Ch 26:6) called JABNEH SEE JABNEH (q.v.) or JAMNIANI (1Ma 4:15, etc.).
2. A city on the border of Naphtali, mentioned between Nekeb and Lakum (Jos 19:33). Schwarz (Palest. p. 181, 182) affirms that the later name of Jabneel was Ker Yameah, the village, by the sea, and on Talmudical grounds (comp. Reland’s Palcest. p. 545, 716) locates it on the southern shore of Lake Merom, and thinks it identical with the Jaminia or Jainnuith mentioned by Josephus as lying in this section of Upper Galilee (, Life, 37; , War, 2, 20, 6). This is not improbable, as the boundary-line here described appears to have extended from the northern limit of Palestine along the eastern bounds of Naphtali to the Jordan proper. It is perhaps the village Ja’tneh, visited by Dr. Robinson, on the declivity of the western mountain south of Lake Huleh, with a wady containing a small stream on the south of the village, and a few ruins of the Jewish type (Later Researches, p. 361,362).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Jabneel
(See LIBNAB.)
1. On the northern boundary of Judah, near the sea (Jos 15:11); Josephus (Ant. 5:1, section 22) assigns it to Daniel That tribe and the Philistines were in constant warfare for the towns in the lowland. So in 2Ch 26:6 it was in the Philistines’ possession, and had its wall broken down by Uzziah. Its harbour, like that of Ascalon and Gaza, was called Majumas, “the place on the sea.” it had a school of learned doctors at the time of the fall of Jerusalem. The burial place of Gamaliel, according to Jewish tradition. Under the crusaders it was called Ibelin, and gave a title to a line of counts. Now Yebna or Ibna, 11 miles S. of Jaffa, four from Akir (Ekron).
2. A landmark on Naphtali’ s boundary (Jos 19:33); in the hills N.W. of the lake of Galilee.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Jabneel
JABNEEL.1. A town on the N. border of Judah, near Mt. Baalah, and close to the sea (Jos 15:11). In 2Ch 26:6 it is mentioned under the name Jabneh, along with Gath and Ashdod, as one of the cities captured from the Philistines by Uzziah. Although these are the only OT references, it is frequently mentioned (under the name Jamnia) in the Books of Maccabees (1Ma 4:15; 1Ma 5:58; 1Ma 10:69; 1Ma 15:40, 2Ma 12:8-9; 2Ma 12:40) and in Josephus. Judas is said to have burned its harbour; it was captured by Simon from the Syrians. In Jdt 2:28 it is called Jemnaan. After various vicissitudes it was captured in the war of the Jews by Vespasian. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Jabneel, now called Jamnia, became the home of the Sanhedrin. At the time of the Crusades the castle Ibelin stood on the site. To-day the village of Yebna stands on the ruined remains of these ancient occupations. It stands 170 feet above the sea on a prominent hill S. of the Wady Rubin. The ancient Majumas or harbour of Jamnia lies to the West. The port would seem to be naturally better than any along the coast of Palestine S. of Csarea (Warren).
2. An unknown site on the N. boundary of Naphtali not far from the Jordan (Jos 19:33).
E. W. G. Masterman.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Jabneel
H2995
1. A city in Judah
Jos 15:11
2. A city of Naphtali
Jos 19:33
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Jabneel
Jabneel (jb’ne-el or jb’neel), Jehovah causes to be built. A town of Judah; called also Jabneh. Jos 15:11; 2Ch 26:6. Uzziah captured it from the Philistines. It was called by Josephus, Jamnia, and after the destruction of Jerusalem was for some time the seat of a famous Jewish school of learning. It is identified with Yebnah, a Tillage about 170 feet above the Mediterranean and 12 miles south of Joppa.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Jabneel
Jab’ne-el. (building of God).
1. One of the points on the northern boundary of Judah, not quite at the sea, though near it. Jos 15:11. There is no sign, however, of its ever having been occupied by Judah. Josephus attributes it to the Danites.
There was a constant struggle going on between that tribe and the Philistines, for the possession of all the places in the Shefelah, or lowland plains, and it is not surprising that the next time we meet with Jabneel, it should be in the hands of the latter. 2Ch 26:6.
Uzziah dispossessed them of it and demolished its fortifications. Called also Jabneh. At the time of the fall of Jerusalem, Jabneh was one of the most populous places of Judea. The modern village of Yebna, more accurately Ibna, stands about two miles from the sea, on a slight eminence just south of the Nahr Rubin.
2. One of the landmarks on the boundary of Naphtali, Jos 19:33, in upper Galilee.