Cabbon
Where it is
31.50° N, 34.77° E · Located through Eglon
Coordinates and map: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · drawn without map tiles
Mentioned most in
Counted from 1 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Cabbon was a town located in the Shephelah, or lowlands, of Judah (Joshua 15:40). It is mentioned only once in the Bible, in the list of towns allotted to the tribe of Judah during the division of the Promised Land under Joshua. No other details are provided about Cabbon's history, size, or significance. Its exact location is unknown, but it was likely situated in the western foothills of Judah, near the border with the coastal plain.
Article: STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
Every mention
1 reference, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Joshua 1 mention
What the dictionary says
a town in the low country of Judah.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
Read the article →Sources
- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding · CC BY 4.0 · www.openbible.info/geo/
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain