Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
Key themes
Glossary
- Abel-meholah Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Abu Sus.
- Beth-shan Place
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House of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh ( 1 Chr. 7:29 ), on the west of Jordan. The bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened to its walls. Modern identification: Tel Bet Shean.
- Jezreel Place
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God scatters. (1. ) A town of Issachar ( Josh. 19:18 ), where the kings of Israel often resided ( 1 Kings 18:45 ; 21:1 ; 2 Kings 9:30 ). Modern identification: Tel Yizre’el.
- Jokmeam Place
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Gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites ( 1 Chr. 6:68 ). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley ( 1 Kings 4:12 , R. V.; but in A. V. incorrectly “Jokneam”). Modern identification: Tel Yokneam.
- Megiddo Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tel Megiddo.
- Taanach Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell Ta’anakh.
- Zarethan Place
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A place near Succoth, in the plain of the Jordan, “in the clay ground,” near which Hiram cast the brazen utensils for the temple ( 1 Kings 7:46 ); probably the same as Zartan. It is also called Zeredathah ( 2 Chr. 4:17 ). Modern identification: Tell es Sa’idiyeh.