Yavneh (Jabneel; Jabneh; Jamnia; Ybellin) (II Chronicles 26:6) Town on Coastal Plain. Site of ancient Jabneh. Ancient Jabneh: This Biblical city first called Jabneel, then Jabneh, was located in the tribal allotment of Judah. “And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the […]
Read more →Yizre’el; Jezreel (Josh. 19:18) Now a kibbutz in the Jezreel Valley, with same name as the Biblical city of Jezreel (Yizre’el in Hebrew), whose name was preserved in that of abandoned neighboring village Zar’in. Ancient Jezreel: Biblical Jezreel was included in the tribal allotment of Issachar. Saul […]
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