Albert Barnes Commentary


Albert Barnes Commentary
"and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward; and the border extended to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea." — Joshua 15:11 (ASV)
Jabneel - The modern “Yebna,” about three miles from the coast and twelve miles south of Joppa. It is called Jabneh in (2 Chronicles 26:6), where Uzziah is recorded to have taken it from the Philistines and destroyed its fortifications. The town is repeatedly mentioned with its haven in the wars of the Maccabees , and by Josephus under the name of Jamnia. It is described by Philo as a very populous town; and after the destruction of Jerusalem was, for a long time, the seat of the Sanhedrin, and was a famous school of Jewish learning. Its ruins, which are still considerable, stand on the brink of the “Wady Rubin.”