Dictionary entry

Lebanon

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Bounded the land of Canaan on the north De 1:7; 11:24

Given to Israel Jos 13:5,6

CELEBRATED FOR

Cedars Ps 29:5; 92:12; Isa 14:8

Flowers Na 1:4

Fragrance So 4:11

Fragrance of its wines Ho 14:7

Glorious appearance Isa 35:2

Great part of, not conquered by the Israelites Jos 13:2,5; Jud 3:1-4

CALLED

The mountains 2Ch 2:2

Mount Lebanon Jud 3:3

That goodly mountain De 3:25

Lofty tops of, covered with snow Jer 18:14

Part of, barren Isa 29:17

Forests of, infested with wild beasts So 4:8; Isa 40:16; Hab 2:17

Many streams came from So 4:15

Formerly inhabited by the Hivites Jud 3:3

Moses anxious to behold De 3:25

FURNISHED

Wood for Solomon's temple 1Ki 5:5,6

Stones for Solomon's temple 1Ki 5:14,18

Wood for second temple Ezr 3:7

SOLOMON BUILT

The house of the forest of 1Ki 7:2

Storehouses in 1Ki 9:19

Difficulties of passing, surmounted by Assyrian army 2Ki 19:23

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of great and powerful monarchs Isa 10:24,34

Of the Gentile world Isa 29:17

Of the Jewish nation Jer 22:6,23; Heb 2:17

Of the temple Zec 11:1

(Glory of,) of the glory of the church Isa 35:2; 60:13

(Fragrance of,) of the graces of the church So 4:11; Ho 14:6,7

(Shaking of its forests,) of prodigious growth of the church Ps 72:16

(Mourning of,) of deep affliction Eze 31:15