Bible Location
10 cross references · Modern-day map available
Lebo-hamath is a northern boundary expression referring to the approach or entrance to Hamath. It is important because it helps define the northern extent of the land and appears in descriptions of territory and national reach. First appears in Num 13:21.1
AI summary: Lebo-hamath is significant less as an urban center and more as a boundary phrase. In biblical geography such boundary terms are crucial because they define the imagined and inherited shape of the land. By naming the entrance toward Hamath, the phrase marks the far northern approach in territorial descriptions. The cross references present Lebo-hamath as a meaningful northern boundary marker rather than a narrative city in its own right.1
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.