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JABNEEL

(Heb. yaḇnĕʾēl) (also JABNEH)

1. A town on the southern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:11). Jabneel is identified with either Yibna (126141) S of Naḥal Sorek or Yavneh-yam (121147) on the Mediterranean coast. Control over Jabneel oscillated between Judah and Philistia. During Uzziah’s campaign against the Philistines he recaptured Jabneel (Jabneh; 2 Chr. 26:6). During the Hellenistic period Jabneel was called Jamnia. Battles at Jamnia played an important role in securing the exclusive leadership of the Hasmoneans (1 Macc. 5:55-62; 10:69-87). It was at Jamnia that the Sanhedrin was reconstituted following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 c.e., and there the Sanhedrin was largely responsible for the canonization of the OT.

2. A town on the southeastern border of Naphtali, S of the Sea of Galilee (Josh. 19:33). Jabneel has been identified with Khirbet Yemmā/Kfar Yamma (198233; j. Meg. 1.1, 70a), but archaeological evidence makes Tel Yinʿam (198235) preferable.

Bradford Scott Hummel






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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