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village at the head of a fruitful valley of the same name among the chalk slopes on the eastern side of Anti-Lebanon, 13 miles North-Northwest of Damascus, where traces of ancient vineyard terracing still exist.
Where is Helbon in the Bible?
Helbon was an ancient city located in Syria, approximately 13 miles north-northwest of Damascus in a fertile valley on the eastern slopes of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. The city appears in the Bible in Ezekiel 27:18, where it is mentioned as a trading partner of Tyre, specifically known for supplying fine wine to the markets. Helbon's wine was highly prized throughout the ancient Near East, with historical records indicating that even Nebuchadnezzar II received Helbonian wine for use in sacrificial purposes. Archaeological evidence of ancient vineyard terracing in the region confirms the historical accounts of this location's agricultural significance and its role as a major wine-producing center in biblical times.
Helbon
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)village at the head of a fruitful valley of the same name among the chalk slopes on the eastern side of Anti-Lebanon, 13 miles North-Northwest of Damascus, where traces of ancient vineyard terracing still exist. Records contemporary with Eze mention mat helbunim or the land of Helbon, whence Nebuchadnezzar received wine for sacrificial purposes (Belinno Cylinder, I, 23), while karan hulbunu, or Helbonian wine, is named in Western Asiatic Inscriptions, II, 44. Strabo (xv.735) also tells that the kings of Persia esteemed it highly. The district is still famous for its grapes--the best in the country--but these are mostly made into raisins, since the population is now Moslem. Helbon must not be confounded with Chalybon (Ptol. v.15, 17), the Greek-Roman province of Haleb or Aleppo.
W. M. Christie
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