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Places of the Bible

Lebanon

first named in Deuteronomy 1:7 · Region · region

Lebanon. A typical Cedar of Lebanon
Lebanon. A typical Cedar of Lebanon 1898 · American Colony Photo Department / Matson Photo Service · Library of Congress, no known restrictions on publication

Where the name appears

Events told in passages that name Lebanon, and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place. The numbers are the lines below.

  • 1 Crossing the Jordan into Canaan · 1450 BC · 1 verse
  • 2 War with Canaanites · 1450 BC · 1 verse
  • 3 Dividing the land · 1444 BC · 2 verses
  • 4 Usurpation by Abimelech · 1217 BC · 1 verse
  • 5 Reign of Solomon · 1014 BC · 5 verses
  • 6 Construction of Solomon's Temple · 1011 BC · 3 verses
  • 7 Reign of Amaziah · 838 BC · 1 verse
  • 8 Prophecies of Hosea · 784 BC · 3 verses
  • 9 Prophecies of Isaiah · 758 BC · 9 verses
  • 10 Reign of Hezekiah · 725 BC · 1 verse
  • 11 Prophecies of Nahum · 662 BC · 1 verse
  • 12 Prophecies of Jeremiah · 627 BC · 4 verses
  • 13 Prophecies of Habakkuk · 606 BC · 1 verse
  • 14 Prophecies of Ezekiel · 592 BC · 5 verses
  • 15 Prophecies of Zechariah · 519 BC · 2 verses

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria. It is a branch running southward from the Caucasus, and at its lower end forking into two parallel ranges, the eastern or Anti-Lebanon, and the western or Lebanon proper. They enclose a long valley (Josh. 11:17) of from 5 to 8 miles in width, called by Roman writers Coele-Syria, now called el-Buka’a, “the valley,” a prolongation of the valley of the Jordan.

Lebanon proper, Jebel es-Sharki, commences at its southern extremity in the gorge of the Leontes, the ancient Litany, and extends north-east, parallel to the Mediterranean coast, as far as the river Eleutherus, at the plain of Emesa, “the entering of Hamath” (Num. 34:8; 1 Kings 8:65), in all about 90 geographical miles in extent. The average height of this range is from 6,000 to 8,000 feet; the peak of Jebel Mukhmel is about 10,200 feet, and the Sannin about 9,000. The highest peaks are covered with perpetual snow and ice. In the recesses of the range wild beasts as of old still abound (2 Kings 14:9; Cant. 4:8). The scenes of the Lebanon are remarkable for their grandeur and beauty, and supplied the sacred writers with many expressive similes (Ps. 29:5, 6; 72:16; 104:16-18; Cant. 4:15; Isa. 2:13; 35:2; 60:13; Hos. 14:5). It is famous for its cedars (Cant. 5:15), its wines (Hos. 14:7), and its cool waters (Jer. 18:14). The ancient inhabitants were Giblites and Hivites (Josh. 13:5; Judg. 3:3). It was part of the Phoenician kingdom (1 Kings 5:2-6).

The eastern range, or Anti-Lebanon, or “Lebanon towards the sunrising,” runs nearly parallel with the western from the plain of Emesa till it connects with the hills of Galilee in the south. The height of this range is about 5,000 feet. Its highest peak is Hermon (q.v.), from which a number of lesser ranges radiate.

Lebanon is first mentioned in the description of the boundary of Palestine (Deut. 1:7; 11:24). It was assigned to Israel, but was never conquered (Josh. 13:2-6; Judg. 3:1-3).

The Lebanon range is now inhabited by a population of about 300,000 Christians, Maronites, and Druses, and is ruled by a Christian governor. The Anti-Lebanon is inhabited by Mohammedans, and is under a Turkish ruler.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 56 verses

Deuteronomy
1:7, 3:25, 11:24
Joshua
1:4, 9:1, 13:5, 13:6
Judges
9:15
1 Kings
4:33, 5:6, 5:9, 5:14, 9:19
2 Kings
14:9, 19:23
2 Chronicles
2:8, 2:16, 8:6, 25:18
Ezra
3:7
Psalms
29:5, 29:6, 72:16, 92:12, 104:16
Song of Solomon
3:9, 4:8, 4:11, 4:15, 5:15, 7:4
Isaiah
2:13, 10:34, 14:8, 29:17, 33:9, 35:2, 37:24, 40:16, 60:13
Jeremiah
18:14, 22:6, 22:20, 22:23
Ezekiel
17:3, 27:5, 31:3, 31:15, 31:16
Hosea
14:5, 14:6, 14:7
Nahum
1:4
Habakkuk
2:17
Zechariah
10:10, 11:1

The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.