Encyclopedia of The Bible – Cabbon
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Cabbon

CABBON kăb’ ən (כַבֹּ֥ון; LXX A Χαρρα; B Χαβρα; perhaps wrap around?). A city in the Shephelah, near Lachish (Josh 15:40). The association with Machbenah (BDB p. 460, cf. 1 Chron 2:49) seems based on the assumption that the two names are from the same Heb. root.