Cabbon
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CABBON (PLACE) [Heb kabbôn (כַּבֹּון)]. A town situated in the Shephelah, or low country, of Judah (Josh 15:40), within the same district as Lachish and Eglon. The only reference to this settlement occurs in the list of towns within the tribal allotment of Judah (Josh 15:21–62; see also BETH-DAGON). It has been suggested (Boling and Wright Joshua AB 386) that Cabbon may be related to MACHBENAH, listed in 1 Chr 2:49 as one of the descendants of CALEB. The location of the ancient settlement is unknown.
Bibliography
Alt, A. 1925. Judas Gaue unter Josia. PJ 21: 100–16.
Wade R. Kotter
Freedman, D. N. (1996, c1992). The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1:797). New York: Doubleday.
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CABBON Town in the foothills of Judah (Jos 15:40) east of Lachish, identified with Hebra and sometimes equated with Macbenah (1 Chr 2:49).
Elwell, W. A., & Comfort, P. W. (2001). Tyndale Bible dictionary. Tyndale reference library (243). Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers.
3:
CAB´BON (kabʹon). A place in the plain of Judah (Josh. 15:40); possibly the same as Machbena (1 Chron. 2:49; Macbenah, NIV).
Unger, M. F., Harrison, R. K., Vos, H. F., Barber, C. J., & Unger, M. F. (1988). The new Unger's Bible dictionary. Revision of: Unger's Bible dictionary. 3rd ed. c1966. (Rev. and updated ed.). Chicago: Moody Press.
4:
Cabbon (Heb. kabbôn)
A city in the tribal allotment of Judah (Josh. 15:40), one of 16 cities belonging to the Lachish district in the southwest Shephelah. Its location is unknown, although it has recently been identified with Tel Haraqim (13363.10360). It is sometimes identified with Machbenah (1 Chr. 2:49).
Steven M. Ortiz
Freedman, D. N., Myers, A. C., & Beck, A. B. (2000). Eerdmans dictionary of the Bible (206). Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
