Jabneel: Built by God.1. A town in the north boundary of Judah
(Joshua 15:11) called
afterwards by the Greeks Jamnia, the modern Yebna, 11 miles
south of Jaffa. After the fall of Jerusalem (A.D. 70) it
became one of the most populous cities of Judea, and the seat of
a celebrated school.
2. A town on the border of Naphtali
(Joshua 19:33) Its later name was
Kefr Yemmah, "the village by the sea," on the south shore of
Lake Merom.
