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Beth Shean in Easton's Bible Dictionary

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. In Solomon's time it gave its name to a district (1 Kings 4:12). The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1 Sam. 31:10, 12 and 2 Sam. 21:12. It is on the road from Jerusa...

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Bethshean in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

BETHSHEAN or BETHSHAN ("house of quiet.") Now Beisan. A city of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:29), though within Issachar's boundary; 14 miles S. of the sea of Galilee, 4 miles W. of and on the height over the Ghor or valley of the Jordan, connected with the great plain of Jezreel, Esdraelon (Joshua 17:11). The Canaanites were not driven out thence...

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Bethshan in Hitchcock's Bible Names

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Bethshan Scripture - 2 Samuel 21:12

And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa:...

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Bethshan Scripture - 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 Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there....

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Bethshan Scripture - 1 Samuel 31:10

And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan....

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Beth Shean in Naves Topical Bible

A city of the tribe of Manasseh 1Ch 7:29; Jos 17:11 -Not subdued Jud 1:27 -Bodies of Saul and his sons exposed in 1Sa 31:10,12 -Called BETH-SHAW 1Sa 31:10,12; 2Sa 21:12 -District of, under tribute to Solomon's commissariat 1Ki 4:12...

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Beth Shean in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(house of rest), or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, 1Ch 7:29 though within the limits of Issachar Jos 17:11 and therefore on the west of Jordan. Comp. 1 Macc. 5:62. In later times it was called Scythopolis. 2 Macc. 12:29. The place is still known as Beisan. It lies in the Ghor or Jordan valley, about twelve miles south ...

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Beth Shan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to Manasseh, out of which the Canaanites were not driven (Josh 17:11; Jdg 1:27); in the days of Israel's strength they were put to taskwork (Jdg 1:28). They doubtless were in league with the Philistines who...

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