They enclose a long valley ( Joshua 11:17 ) of from 5 to 8 miles in width, called by Roman writers Coele-Syria, now called el-Buka'a, "the valley," a prolongation of the valley of the Jordan. Christ's Coming Desired. ... 159 Lebanon Valley. Lebanon is represented in Scripture as lying upon the northern border of the land of Israel. Anti-Libanus. Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with all the trees of Lebanon; myrrh and aloes with all the chief ointments. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. Anti-Lebanon:Anti-Libanus (Judith 1:7; Joshua 13:5 Songs 7:4) is an extension northward of the great mountain system facing on the East the great geological fault most conspicuous in the valley of the Jordan (see JORDAN, VALLEY OF), extending from the Gulf of Akabah to Antioch on the Orontes River. And Siryon {sir-yone'}; the same as Srayah (ie Sheeted with snow); Shirjon or Sirjon, a peak of the Lebanon -- Sirion. Snow is found upon these summits throughout the year (Jeremiah 18:14), while formerly the level area between them furnished the snow fields from which a glacier descended several miles into the headwaters of the Qadisha, reaching a level of about 5,000 ft. Among them are interspersed many Greeks and Armenians. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), 2 Chronicles 2:8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that your servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and behold, my servants shall be with your servants,(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), 2 Chronicles 2:16and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need; and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem. Every available spot on the western flanks of the Lebanon is cultivated, being sown with wheat or planted with the vine, the olive, the mulberry and the walnut. The eastern range was called "Anti-Libanus" by geographers, and "Lebanon toward the sunrising" by the sacred writers. As one looks down into this valley, Ba`albek appears at the base of Anti-Lebanon, only 20 miles away. . (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Isaiah 37:24By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said, "With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. Fig trees cling to the naked rock; vines are trained along narrow ledges; long ranges of mulberries, on terraces like steps of stairs, cover the more gentle declivities; and dense groves of olives fill up the bottoms of the glens. Deuteronomy 3:23, 25And I (Moses) besought the LORD at that time, saying . The Anti-Lebanon is inhabited by Mohammedans, and is under a Turkish ruler. Every available spot on the western flanks of the Lebanon is cultivated, being sown with wheat or planted with the vine, the olive, the mulberry and the walnut. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Ezekiel 31:15Thus says the Lord Yahweh: In the day when he went down to Sheol I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained its rivers; and the great waters were stayed; and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. Throughout this district the mountain recesses are more or less wooded. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), 2 Chronicles 9:16he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
8s & 7s. An amphitheater here opens to the West, in which is sheltered the most frequented cedar grove, and from which emerges the Nahr Qadisha ("sacred stream") which enters the Mediterranean at Tripolis. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon. In the recesses of the range wild beasts as of old still abound (2 Kings 14:9; Cant. Three side ridges here radiate from Hermon, like the ribs of an open fan, and form the supporting walls of three great terraces. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), Song of Songs 5:15His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. 4705, 4706.
Since 1860 the region has been under the protection of European powers with a Christian governor.
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