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What is En-gannim?
        EN-GAN'NIM
        (fountain of gardens). 1. A place in the lowlands of Judah. between Zanoah and Tappuah. Josh 15:34; now Umm Jiun. 1. A place in Issachar; given to the Levites, Josh 19:21; Josh 21:29; probably identical with "garden-house" of 2 Kgs 9:27. In the list of Levitical cities in 1 Chr 6:73. Anem seems to have taken the place of En-gannim. The latter has been identified with modern Jenin, a flourishing village of 3000 inhabitants, on the south side of the great plain of Esdraelon. Near by is a large fountain, a source of the ancient river Kishon, and gardens and orchards surround the town. The people, mostly Moslems, are fanatical, rude, and rebellious, given to fighting among themselves or with their neighbors. En-gannim was also the same as Beth-haggan.


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