Lebanon in the Bible
Meaning: white, incense
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Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Every place the sole of your foot treads will be yours.
From the wilderness [of Arabia in the south] and this Lebanon [in the north], even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates [in the east], all the land of the
Now when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland [at the western edge of the hills of Judea], and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of this [army and its victories over Jericho and Ai],
from Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir [in the south], even as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon [in the north]. He captured all their kings and struck them and put them to death.
These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions,
and the land of the Gebalite, and all Lebanon, toward
As for all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians, I will drive them out before Israel; only allot the land to Israel as an inheritance just as I have commanded you.
These were the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo-Hamath.
The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!'
Then they said, "Behold, there is a feast of the LORD yearly in Shiloh which is on the north side of Bethel, and on the east side of the way that goeth from Bethel to Shechem and south from Lebanon."
And he spoke of the trees, from the cedar-tree that is on Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of cattle, and of fowls, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
And now command that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants; and I will give thee hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt say; for thou knowest that there is not among us any that are experienced in cutting timber like to the Zidonians.
My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will convey them by sea in rafts to the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt receive them. And thou shalt accomplish my desire in giving food for my household.
And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, two months at home; and Adoniram was over the levy.
And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-pillars, with cedar-beams upon the pillars;
also all the store cities, which Solomon had, and the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen, - and the desire of Solomon that he was pleased to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land that he ruled over.
and three hundred bucklers, of beaten gold, one hundred and fifty shekels of gold, laid he upon one buckler, - and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
And, all the drinking vessels of King Solomon, were of gold, and, all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon, were of pure gold, - none was of silver, it was accounted in the days of Solomon, as nothing.
And Jehoash king of Israel sent unto Amaziah king of Judah, saying, A thistle that was in Lebanon, sent unto a cedar that was in Lebanon, saying - Give thy daughter to my son to wife, - and there passed by a beast of the field that was in Lebanon, and trampled down the thistle:
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots have I come up To the height of the mountain, to the recesses of Lebanon, And I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; And I will enter into its furthest lodging-place, into the forest of its fruitful field.
Send me also cedar-trees, cypress-trees, and sandal-wood trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants are experienced in cutting timber in Lebanon; and behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa, and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.
and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
and three hundred shields of beaten gold, he applied three hundred shekels of gold to one shield; and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of precious gold: silver was not of the least account in the days of Solomon.
And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thorn-bush that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son as wife; and there passed by the wild beast that is in Lebanon, and trode down the thorn-bush.
Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and
The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars;
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
He makes Lebanon skip like a calf,
And Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox.
I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth!
The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
The trees of the LORD also are full of sap, even the cedars of Lebanon which he hath planted,
A palanquin, King Solomon made himself, of the trees of Lebanon:
Till the day shall breathe, and the shadows fled away, I will go for myself to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of Lebanon.
Thou art all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
With me, from Lebanon, O bride, with me, from Lebanon, shalt thou enter, - Thou shalt look round from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir, and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride, - Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
as Cypress, Nardus, Saffron, Calamus, and all the trees of Lebanon: Myrrh, Aloes, and all the best spices.
A garden fountain, a well of living waters, - and flowings from Lebanon.
His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold, - His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:
Thy neck, is like a tower of ivory, - Thine eyes, are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim, Thy nose, is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh towards Damascus:
and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,
And he will cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one.
Yea the pine-trees, make mirth at thee, Cedars of Lebanon, Since thou wast laid low, No feller hath come up against us!
Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land, - And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?
The land mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered, - Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking off their leaves.
It shall, blossom abundantly, and exult, Yea with exultation and shouts of triumph, The glory of Lebanon, hath been given to it, The splendour of Carmel, and Sharon, - They, shall see the glory of Yahweh, the splendour of our God.
Through thy servants, thou hast reproached My Lord and hast said, - With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended The height of the mountains The recesses of Lebanon, That I may cut down Its tallest cedars Its choicest firs, That I may enter Its highest summit, Its thick garden forest:
And, Lebanon, is not sufficient to burn, - Nor, the beasts thereof sufficient for an ascending-sacrifice!
The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room.
Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow?
"'For the Lord says concerning the palace of the king of Judah, "This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted.
People of Jerusalem, go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning. Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly. Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab. For your allies have all been defeated.
You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby.
As truly as I live, sayeth the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts, it shall come as the mount of Tabor, and as Lebanon if it stood in the sea.
Say to them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds.
"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it.
I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below.
I will become as the dew unto Israel, he shall break forth as the lily, - and he shall strike his roots as Lebanon:
His branches, shall spread, that, like an olive-tree, may be his fresh beauty, - and his fragrance, like Lebanon.
They who dwell in his shade shall again show life like the corn, and break forth as the vine, - and, the remembrance of him, shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
Indeed, the violence done to Lebanon will overtake you, and the destruction of the beasts will terrorize you because you shed human blood and did violence to the land, to the city, and to all who live in it."
And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and from Assyria I will gather them. To the land of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them, until no [room] will be found for them [there].
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Lebanon » Cedars of
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I
And I
Against all the
Nor its
He will grow like a
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.
The cedars of Lebanon which He planted,
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces
He will blossom like the
And he will
Lebanon » Mountain
Lebanon » Forests of, infested with wild beasts
May you come with me from Lebanon.
From the summit of
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
Nor its
And the devastation of its beasts
To the town and all its inhabitants.
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Cedars
He will grow like a
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
Yes, the Lord breaks in pieces
Lebanon » Illustrative » (fragrance of,) of the graces of the church
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the
Lebanon » Bounded the land of canaan on the north
Lebanon » Northern boundary of the land of canaan
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the jewish nation
Nested in the cedars,
How you will groan when pangs come upon you,
“You are like
Like the summit of Lebanon;
Yet most assuredly I will make you like a
Like cities which are not inhabited.
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of great and powerful monarchs
And
Lebanon » Furnished » Stones for solomon's temple
Lebanon » Illustrative » (glory of,) of the glory of the church
And
The
The majesty of
They will see the
The majesty of our God.
The
To beautify the place of My sanctuary;
And I shall make the
Lebanon » Great part of, not conquered by the israelites
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Fragrance
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the
Lebanon » Many streams came from
A well of
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
Lebanon » Figurative
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
“You are like
Like the summit of Lebanon;
Yet most assuredly I will make you like a
Like cities which are not inhabited.
Lebanon » Other trees of
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I
And I
Lebanon » Called » That goodly mountain
Lebanon » Called » The mountains
Lebanon » Moses anxious to behold
Lebanon » Valley of
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the temple
That a
Lebanon » Lofty tops of, covered with snow
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Lebanon » Illustrative » (mourning of,) of deep affliction
Lebanon » Furnished » Wood for solomon's temple
Lebanon » Difficulties of passing, surmounted by assyrian army
And you have said, “With my many chariots
I came up to the heights of the mountains,
To the remotest parts of Lebanon;
And I
And I
Lebanon » Given to israel
Lebanon » Illustrative » Of the gentile world
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
Lebanon » Solomon built » Storehouses in
Lebanon » Part of, barren
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Glorious appearance
And
The
The majesty of
They will see the
The majesty of our God.
Lebanon » Illustrative » (shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church
Its fruit will wave like the cedars of
And may those from the city flourish like
Lebanon » Solomon built » The house of the forest of
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Fragrance of its wines
Will
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Lebanon » Called » Mount lebanon
Lebanon » Formerly inhabited by the hivites
Lebanon » Celebrated for » Flowers
He dries up all the rivers.
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
Lebanon » Streams of
A well of
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
Lebanon » Beasts of
Nor its
Lebanon » Snow of
Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away?
Lebanon » Fertility and productiveness of
Lebanon » House
All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks.
Lebanon » Furnished » Wood for second temple
Lebanon » Solomon had storage cities in
Lebanon » Tower of
Your eyes like the pools in
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.
Lebanon » Early inhabitants of
Lebanon » Flower of
He dries up all the rivers.
The blossoms of Lebanon wither.
Mountains » Names of » Lebanon
Mountains » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon
Righteous » Compared with » Lebanon
compared to Saints » Lebanon
Towers » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon
Your eyes like the pools in
By the gate of Bath-rabbim;
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,
Which faces toward Damascus.
Valleys » Mentioned in scripture » Lebanon
The vine » Places celebrated for » Lebanon
Will
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Wine » Places celebrated for » Lebanon
Will
And they will blossom like the vine.
His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.