Riblah

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Riblah
     fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine,
     35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs,
     on the eastern bank of the Orontes, in a wide and fertile plain.
     Here Nebuchadnezzar had his head-quarters in his campaign
     against Jerusalem, and here also Necho fixed his camp after he


     had routed Josiah's army at Megiddo (2 Kings 23:29-35; 25:6, 20,
     21; Jer. 39:5; 52:10). It was on the great caravan road from
     Palestine to Carchemish, on the Euphrates. It is described (Num.
     34:11) as "on the eastern side of Ain." A place still called el
     Ain, i.e., "the fountain", is found in such a position about 10
     miles distant. (See {JERUSALEM}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Riblah, quarrel; greatness to him