Mountain range north of Israel · Old Testament · 64 verses
Lebanon was the mountain range along the eastern Mediterranean coast, famed for its towering cedar forests. It bordered the land of Israel to the north. The name appears in Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges and 13 more in the King James text.
About Lebanon
Lebanon was the mountain range along the eastern Mediterranean coast, famed for its towering cedar forests. It bordered the land of Israel to the north.
Its place in the story
The cedars of Lebanon were brought to Jerusalem for the temple and royal buildings of Solomon. Lebanon's majesty and its trees are praised throughout the psalms and prophets. It served as an image of strength, beauty, and abundance.
Lebanon in Scripture (KJV)
“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.”
“Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be.”
“From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.”
“And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;”
“Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.”
“And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;”
Lebanon was the mountain range along the eastern Mediterranean coast, famed for its towering cedar forests. It bordered the land of Israel to the north. The name appears in Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges and 13 more in the King James text.
What happened at Lebanon?
The cedars of Lebanon were brought to Jerusalem for the temple and royal buildings of Solomon. Lebanon's majesty and its trees are praised throughout the psalms and prophets. It served as an image of strength, beauty, and abundance.