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riblah

riblah


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Riblah 
  fruitful,  an  ancient  town  on  the  northern  frontier  of  Palestine, 
  35  miles  north-east  of  Baalbec,  and  10  or  12  south  of  Lake  Homs, 
  on  the  eastern  bank  of  the  Orontes  in  a  wide  and  fertile  plain. 
  Here  Nebuchadnezzar  had  his  head-quarters  in  his  campaign 
  against  Jerusalem,  and  here  also  Necho  fixed  his  camp  after  he 
  had  routed  Josiah's  army  at  Megiddo  (2  Kings  23:29-35;  25:6,  20, 
  21;  Jer.  39:5;  52:10).  It  was  on  the  great  caravan  road  from 
  Palestine  to  Carchemish,  on  the  Euphrates.  It  is  described  (Num. 
  34:11)  as  "on  the  eastern  side  of  Ain."  A  place  still  called  el 
  Ain,  i.e.,  "the  fountain",  is  found  in  such  a  position  about  10 
  miles  distant.  (See  {JERUSALEM}.) 
 
 
  From  Hitchcock's  Bible  Names  Dictionary  (late  1800's)  [hitchcock]: 
 
  Riblah,  quarrel;  greatness  to  him