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Lebonah

Places · Updated 2026-05-07

Lebonah appears once, as a southern landmark used to fix the position of Shiloh during the directions given to the surviving Benjaminites.

A landmark south of Shiloh

In the closing episode of Judges, the elders of the assembly tell the remnant of Benjamin where to lie in wait for wives. Judges 21:19: "And they said, Look, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah."

The geographic frame is precise. Shiloh sits north of Beth-el, east of the Beth-el–Shechem highway, and north of Lebonah — placing Lebonah on the south side of the festival town along the central hill-country road.