Beit She'an
Beit She'an (help·info) (Hebrew: בֵּית שְׁאָן Beth Šəān; Arabic:
بيسان, Beesān (help·info), Beisan or Bisan)[1] is a city in
the North District of Israel which has played an important
role historically due to its geographical location at the
junction of the Jordan River Valley and Jezreel Valley. It
has also played an important role in moder...
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Beth Shean is a large town in the Galilee region of northern
Israel. Located in the Beth Shean Valley, part of the
northern Jordan Valley, Beth Shean lies completely below sea
level. Beth Shean is the regional center of Beth Shean
Valley. Beth Shean has been inhabited since biblical times
(there are several instances where it is mentioned in t...
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Israel Christian tours often visit a multitude of the most holy and interesting sites, such as Beit Shean. The capital of the Decapolis cities, the first believers in Jesus must have been very familiar with Beit Shean as it is where word of the miracles and teachings of Jesus spread (Matt. 4:25, Mark 5:20). Beit Shean was the site nearly a millenni...
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History and geography. Beit She'an's location has often been strategically significant, as it sits at the junction of the Jordan River Valley and the Jezreel Valley, essentially controlling access from the interior to the coast, as well as from Jerusalem to the Galilee. Its name is believed to derive from the early Canaanite "house of tranquility"....
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During the Hellenistic period it had a Hellenised population and was called Scythopolis, probably named after the Scythian mercenaries who settled there as veterans, and Greek mythology has the city founded by Dionysus and his nursemaid Nysa buried there; thus it was known as Nysa-Scythopolis. Beit She'an is mentioned in 3rd-2nd centuries BC writte...
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