Libni was a son of Gershon of the house of Levi according to Exodus 6:17 and Numbers 3:18.
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Libni was a son of Gershon of the house of Levi according to Exodus 6:17 and Numbers 3:18.
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Libni had an older brother named Jezreel and an older sister named Lo-Ruhamah.
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Libni had an older brother named Jezreel and a younger brother named Lo-Ammi.
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Libni's name is omitted in the Septuagint translation of the passage, as are the names of five other relatives of Zechariah mentioned in the same verse.
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Libni perished along with his father and brothers in the battle of Gilboa.
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Libni was offered in marriage to David after his victory over Goliath, but does not seem to have entered heartily into this arrangement.
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Libni had five sons, who were all put to death by the Gibeonites on the hill of Gibeah.
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Libni's tribe is listed with Jetur, and is assumed to have resided nearby and lived a nomadic, animal-herding lifestyle in sparsely populated land east of the Israelites.
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Libni is listed as one of the sons of Elioenai, the son of Neariah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Shechaniah.
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Libni's name means "the remnant shall return" and was prophetic; offering hope to the people of Israel, that although they were going to be sent into exile, and their temple destroyed, God remained faithful and would deliver "a remnant" from Babylon and bring them back to their land.
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Libni was married to an Egyptian and her son was stoned to death by the people of Israel for blasphemy, following Moses' issue of a ruling on the penalty to be applied for blasphemy.
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Libni was a son of Seir the Horite, and his sons were Alvas, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.
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Libni was from Kiriath-Jearim, and his prophecies often matched Jeremiah's criticisms.
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Libni is described as the "son of Nathan, " but it is unclear whether this is Nathan the prophet or Nathan the son of David.
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Libni is mentioned in this context five times in the Book of Numbers.
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