Lebanon
לְבָנוֹן · le.va.non · H3844G“white, incense” Hitchcock's 186956 mentions in 16 books, most in Isaiah (9)
Where it is
33.75° N, 35.59° E · region
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Counted from 56 references · STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0
About this place
Lebanon is a mountainous region located north of Israel, known for its majestic cedar trees and natural beauty. It is mentioned numerous times throughout the Old Testament. The cedars of Lebanon were highly prized for their quality and were used in the construction of the Temple and other important buildings (1Ki.5.6, 9, 14; 2Ch.2.8, 16; Ezra 3:7). Lebanon is often used as a symbol of strength, prosperity, and beauty (Psalm 72:16; 92:12; Sng.4.11, 15; 5:15). It is also mentioned in the context of God's power and judgment (Psalm 29:5, 6; Isaiah 2:13; 10:34; Jeremiah 22:6, 23; Habakkuk 2:17). Lebanon is described as part of the Promised Land (Deu.1.7; 11:24; Joshua 1:4) and was a region where some Canaanite inhabitants remained (Judges 3:3). The beauty and majesty of Lebanon are used to illustrate the glory and splendor of the future kingdom of God (Isaiah 35:2; 60:13; Hosea 14:5-7).
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Every mention
56 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Deuteronomy3 mentions
Deuteronomy 1:7Turn, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all the places near there: in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South, by the seashore…Deuteronomy 3:25Please let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that fine mountain, and Lebanon.”Deuteronomy 11:24Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the western sea shall be your border.
Joshua4 mentions
Joshua 1:4From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.Joshua 9:1When all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite…Joshua 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the children of Israel. Just allocate it to Israel for an…
1 Kings5 mentions
1 Kings 4:33He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he also spoke of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish.1 Kings 5:6Now therefore command that cedar trees be cut for me out of Lebanon. My servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say. For…1 Kings 5:9My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea. I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place that you specify to me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and you…1 Kings 5:14He sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: for a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home; and Adoniram was over the men subject to forced labor.1 Kings 9:19all the storage cities that Solomon had, the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon…
2 Kings2 mentions
2 Kings 14:9Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’…2 Kings 19:23By your messengers, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots, I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon, and I…
2 Chronicles4 mentions
2 Chronicles 2:8“Send me also cedar trees, cypress trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon. Behold, my servants will be with your servants,2 Chronicles 2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you need. We will bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa; then you shall carry it up to Jerusalem.”2 Chronicles 8:6and Baalath, and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in…2 Chronicles 25:18Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as his wife. Then…
Psalms5 mentions
Psalms 29:5Yahweh’s voice breaks the cedars. Yes, Yahweh breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.Psalms 29:6He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young, wild ox.Psalms 72:16Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.Psalms 92:12The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree. He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.Psalms 104:16Yahweh’s trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted,
Song of Solomon6 mentions
Song of Solomon 3:9King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 4:8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.Song of Solomon 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.Song of Solomon 4:15a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.Song of Solomon 5:15His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
Isaiah9 mentions
Isaiah 2:13for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, for all the oaks of Bashan,Isaiah 10:34He will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.Isaiah 14:8Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”Isaiah 29:17Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?Isaiah 33:9The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of…Isaiah 37:24By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut…Isaiah 40:16Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.Isaiah 60:13“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
Jeremiah4 mentions
Jeremiah 18:14Will the snow of Lebanon fail from the rock of the field? Will the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?Jeremiah 22:6For Yahweh says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are Gilead to me, the head of Lebanon. Yet surely I will make you a wilderness, cities which are not inhabited.Jeremiah 22:20“Go up to Lebanon, and cry out. Lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from Abarim; for all your lovers have been destroyed.Jeremiah 22:23Inhabitant of Lebanon, who makes your nest in the cedars, how greatly to be pitied you will be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail!
Ezekiel5 mentions
Ezekiel 17:3and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers which had various colors, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.Ezekiel 27:5They have made all your planks of cypress trees from Senir. They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.Ezekiel 31:3Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with beautiful branches, and with a forest-like shade, of high stature; and its top was among the thick boughs.Ezekiel 31:15“The Lord Yahweh says: ‘In the day when he went down to Sheol, I caused a mourning. I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers. The great waters were stopped. I caused Lebanon…Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit. All the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that…
Hosea3 mentions
Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.Hosea 14:6His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.Hosea 14:7Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
What the dictionary says
White, “the white mountain of Syria,” is the loftiest and most celebrated mountain range in Syria.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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