Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Jabneel?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Yibna.

First appears in Joshua 15:11 · 2 books · 2 chapters

Overview

Built by God. (1. ) A town in the north boundary of Judah (Josh. 15:11), called afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem. Modern identification: Yibna.

Jabneel is represented in the local geography layer as Yibna. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:11 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 2 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Bethlehem

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jerusalem

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 47 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 62 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 66 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jabneel today

Travel to Jabneel, the modern-day Yibna.

Jabneel is commonly identified with Yibna, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Jabneel is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Yibna

31.866°N · 34.746°E

Key passages

Appears in

Joshua

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

2 Chronicles

1 chapter · 1 verse mention