בֵּית שְׁאָן
bet she.anBeth-shean
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place18 occurrences6 books8 verses
This is the name of the place Beth-shean: City in Manasseh, where Saul's body was displayed.
Definition
or בֵּית שָׁן; from H1004 and H7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.
Traditional renderings: Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
18 total
- Joshua 17:11 (2×)בֵּית־; שְׁאָ֣ן · Beth-sheanWithin Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
- Joshua 17:16 (2×)בְּבֵית־; שְׁאָן֙ · both in Beth-shean“The hill country is not enough for us,” they replied, “and all the Canaanites who live in the valley have iron chariots, both in Beth-shean with its towns and in the Valley of Jezreel.”
- Judges 1:27 (2×)בֵּית־; שְׁאָ֣ן · of Beth-sheanAt that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- 1 Samuel 31:10 (2×)בֵּ֥ית; שָֽׁן׃ · of Beth-shanThey put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
- 1 Samuel 31:12 (2×)בֵּ֣ית; שָׁ֑ן · of Beth-shan…all their men of valor set out, journeyed all night, and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan. When they arrived at Jabesh, they burned the bodies there.
- 2 Samuel 21:12 (2×)בֵּֽית־ · of Beth-shan; שַׁ֗ן…he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies after they had struck down Saul at Gilboa.
- 1 Kings 4:12 (4×)בֵּ֣ית; שְׁאָ֡ן · of Beth-shean; מִבֵּ֤ית · from; שְׁאָן֙ · Beth-sheanBaana son of Ahilud in Taanach, in Megiddo, and in all of Beth-shean next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah and on past Jokmeam;
- 1 Chronicles 7:29 (2×)בֵּית־; שְׁאָ֤ן · [were] Beth-sheanAnd along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.