Libnah

Libnah (meaning whiteness) is the name of two places. (1.) A wilderness camping station of the Israelites (Num. 33:20–21). (2.) A royal Canaanite city in the Shephelah of Judah taken by Joshua (Josh. 10:29–31; 12:15), later assigned to Judah and designated a Levitical city (Josh. 21:13). It revolted against King Joram of Judah simultaneously with Edom (2 Kgs. 8:22), a sign of the instability of his reign. Sennacherib besieged it during his campaign against Hezekiah (2 Kgs. 19:8; Isa. 37:8), and it was the birthplace of Hamutal, mother of Kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah (2 Kgs. 23:31; 24:18).