Map of Old Testament Israel - Beth-shean

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Beth-shean (Beth-shean, Scythopolis): T. el-Husn near Beisan [Belt Shean]. Bronze-Age city (important excavations); allotted to Manasseh, Josh. 17. 11 (cf. 1Chr. 7.29); held by Canaanites, Josh. 17. 16; by Philistines, 1 Sam. 31. 10; in Solomon's fifth district, 1 Kgs. 4. 12. Cf. 1 Macc. 12.40. See also Scythopolis.

Joshua 17:11 - And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, [even] three countries.
1 Chronicles 7:29 - And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
Joshua 17:16 - And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, [both they] who [are] of Bethshean and her towns, and [they] who [are] of the valley of Jezreel.
1 Samuel 31:10 - And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
1 Kings 4:12 - 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:

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