Leb'aöth (Heb. Lebasth', לבָאוֹת lionesses; Sept. Λαβαώθ), a city in the southern part of Judah, i.e. Simeon (Jos 15:32); elsewhere more fully BETH- LAEBAOTH (Jos 19:6); also BETH-BIREI (1Ch 4:31). The associated names in all these passages suggest a location in the wild south- western part of the tribe, possibly at the ruined site marked on Van de Velde's Map as Sbeta, on wady Suniyeh, not very far from Elusa, towards Gaza.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More