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Lebanon

The Levanon is a high mountain range located north of the Land of Israel.

  • The name "Levanon" may be derived from the white (lavan in Hebrew) snow which blankets its peaks (Jeremiah 18, 14).
  • Levanon is mentioned as part of the extended borders of the Land of Israel (Deuteronomy 1, 7).
  • The list of parts of the Land that had not been conquered by Yehoshua included Levanon (Joshua 13, 5-6; Judges 3, 3).
  • Levanon was known for its cedars which also served as building materials for the First Temple and for the House of the Forest of Levanon (I Kings 5, 20; Judges 9, 15; I Kings 7, 2).
  • One of the places listed as being under King Shlomo's hegemony was Levanon (I Kings 9, 19; II Chronicles 8, 6).
  • The impressive height of Levanon (or its cedars) was noted by the prophets (II Kings 19, 23; Isaiah 10, 34; Jeremiah 22, 20).
  • Yeshayahu prophesies that the beauty of Levanon’s cedars will return (Isaiah 29, 17).
  • According to Yeshayahu, many wild animals inhabited the Levanon (Isaiah 40, 16).
  • Assyrians built masts for their ships from the cedars of Levanon (Ezekiel 27, 5).
  • Hoshea mentions the grapes cultivated for wine that grew in the Levanon (Hosea 14, 7-8).
  • Nahum prophesies about the withering of the Levanon as a parable about the destruction of Assyria (Nahum 1, 4).
  • Zekharya prophesies that those being exiled to Assyria and Egypt would one day return to the Levanon (Zachariah 10, 10).
  • Shir HaShirim depicts an image of Shlomo building a palanquin from the wood of the Levanon (Song of Songs 3, 9).
  • The Second Temple was built from cedars from the Levanon (Ezra 3, 7).