Type: place
Content: Originally, it was a region allotted to the tribe of Judah.
Josh 15:42Libnah, Ether, and Ashan,
However, it was later given to the tribe of Simeon.
Josh 19:1The second lot came out for Simeon, for the tribe of the Simeonites according to their clans. Their inheritance was among the inheritance of the Judahites.
It became a city of refuge.
1 Chr 6:57To the descendants of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands, Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir with its pasturelands, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands,
1 Chr 6:59Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh with its pasturelands.