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Abilene in the Bible.

Abilene is a region in the Bible, its middle about 221 km (137 miles) north of Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 1 verse, Luke 3:1.

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About Abilene.

A plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

People named with Abilene.

Herod Antipas 1Lysanias 1Philip 1Pontius 1Tiberius 1

Near Abilene.

The verse that names Abilene.

Luke 1

  • Luke 3:1Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

Questions about Abilene.

Where is Abilene in the Bible?

Abilene is a region its middle about 221 km (137 miles) north of Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.

How many times is Abilene named in the Bible?

The King James Version names Abilene in 1 verse, in 1 book.

Which people are named with Abilene in the Bible?

The verses that name Abilene also name Herod Antipas, Lysanias, Philip, Pontius and Tiberius.

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