Beth-shean

Beth-Shan, Beth-Shean

• בֵּית שְׁאָן·Beth-shean
• בֵּית שָׁן·Beth-shanmeans “Beth-shean, house of the tooth, or of ivory, or of sleep”

Includes 1 verse that refer to Beth-shean without naming it.

1. Joshua 17:11בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh was assigned Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor (that is, Naphath), Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo, each with their surrounding settlements.
2. Joshua 17:12Referred to, not named
   But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
3. Joshua 17:16בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · 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.”
4. Judges 1:27בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   At 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.
5. 1 Samuel 31:10בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his body on the wall of Beth-shan.
6. 1 Samuel 31:12בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   …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.
7. 2 Samuel 21:12בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   …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.
8. 1 Kings 4:12בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   Baana 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;
9. 1 Chronicles 7:29בֵּית שָׁן · Beth-shan; בֵּית שְׁאָן · Beth-shean
   And 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.