Beth-shan
Beth-shan appears in 8 verses of the Bible, from Joshua to 1 Chronicles.
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Key passages
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The following towns within the territory of Issachar and Asher, however, were given to Manasseh: Beth-shan, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphoth-dor), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
Joshua 17:11 · Read the chapter -
The tribe of Manasseh failed to drive out the people living in Beth-shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and all their surrounding settlements, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
Judges 1:27 · Read the chapter -
They placed his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths, and they fastened his body to the wall of the city of Beth-shan.
1 Samuel 31:10 · Read the chapter -
he went to the people of Jabesh-gilead and retrieved the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. (When the Philistines had killed Saul and Jonathan on Mount Gilboa, the people of Jabesh-gilead stole their bodies from the public square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them.)
2 Samuel 21:12 · Read the chapter -
Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, all of Beth-shan near Zarethan below Jezreel, and all the territory from Beth-shan to Abel-meholah and over to Jokmeam.
1 Kings 4:12 · Read the chapter -
Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
1 Chronicles 7:29 · Read the chapter
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