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Lebonah
Lebonah was a town near Shiloh, on the north side of Bethel, mentioned in the Hebrew Bible (). It has been identified with Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, to the south of Nablus. In Hebrew, Lebonah means frankincense Frankincense, also known as olibanum (), is an Aroma compound, aromatic resin used in incense and perfumes, obtained from trees of the genus ''Boswellia'' in the family (biology), family Burseraceae. The word is from Old French ('high-quality in ..., and is used in this meaning in all other appearances in the Hebrew Bible. The nearby Israeli community of Ma'ale Levona, located near this site, takes its name from Lebonah. References * Hebrew Bible cities {{Hebrew-Bible-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Lubban Ash-Sharqiya
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya () is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers south of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town has a total land area of 12,075 dunams of which 200 dunams is built-up area. The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary. In 2012, the nearby village of Ammuriya was joined with Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya into one Municipal Council, also called Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya. and sherds from Crusader/Ayyubid have also been found here. In 593 AH/1196 CE, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Makhzumi al-Lubanni (d. 1260), a qadi (Islamic judge) in Baalbek, was born in the village. In 1320s CE it was marked as ''Casale Lepna'' on the map of Marino Sanuto.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 617 Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found here. Ottoman era In 1517 the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. Under the name "Lubban as-Sawi", the village appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'ale Levona
Ma'ale Levona (, lit. ''Ascent of Frankincense'') is an Israeli settlement organized as a community settlement (Israel), community settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south-east of Ariel (city), Ariel, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In , it had a population of . According to the Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ, land from the neighboring Palestinian villages of Sinjil, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, and Abwein were confiscated to build the settlement. The international community considers Ma'ale Levona and other Israeli settlements in the West Bank International law and Israeli settlements, illegal under international law. However, the Israeli government disputes this. Etymology The valley may be named for the frankincense grown there in Biblical days for the incense#Biblical use, incense used in the Tabernacle of near-by Shiloh. There was an Israelite village on the edge of the valley that also bore the name "Lebonah, Levonah" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
