A city 9 1/2 mi. (15.2 km.) north of Lachish (Joshua 10:29-31), and probably to be identified with Tell eṣ Ṣâfī, which is 23 1/2 mi. (37.6 km.) west by south of Jerusalem. Probably the inhabitants of Libnah were assisted in their revolt by attacks of the Philistines against Judah at this time (2 Chron. 21:16, 17).
Unto this day.
Up to the time of the writing of this phrase, Judah had not succeeded in bringing Edom back under its control. Edom seems to have continued as an independent state till the time of John Hyrcanus (134-104 B.C.), who once more reduced it to vassalage.