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Beth-shan
Town or city mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Joshua.
Where it appears
Joshua (2), 1 Samuel (2), Judges (1), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 17:11 first mention — And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean 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.
- 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 Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 1:27 — Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- 1 Samuel 31:10 — And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.
- 1 Samuel 31:12 — All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
- 2 Samuel 21:12 — And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, which had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:
- 1 Kings 4:12 — Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 — And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean 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.
Nearby places
- Gilboa 11 km
- Beth-eked 14 km
- Cherith 15 km
- Abel-meholah 15 km
- Jezreel 17 km
- Bezek 18 km
- Endor 19 km
- Shunem 19 km
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.