MACHBENA.Named in the genealogical list of Judah (1Ch_2:49). Machbena is probably the same as Cabbon of Jos_15:40, which may perhaps be identified with el-Kubeibeh, situated about 3 miles south of Beit Jibrîn.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
mak-bē?na (מכבּנה, makhbēnāh; Septuagint: Codex Vaticanus Μαχαβηνά, Machabēná; Codex Alexandrinus Μαχαμηνά, Machamēná; the King James Version, Machbenah): A name which occurs in the genealogical list of Judah (1Ch_2:49), apparently the name of a place, which may be the same as ?Cabbon? (Jos_15:40), probably to be identified with el-Kubeibeh, about 3 miles South of Beit Jibrı̂n.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.