Ibleam

Identified as

Khirbet Belameh

Certainty

Likely (86% of scholarship)

Coordinates

32.446° N, 35.292° E

Ibleam· Gath-Rimmon· Bileam

• בִּלְעָם·Bileammeans “the ancient of the people; the devourer”
• גַּת־רִמּוֹן·Gath-rimmonmeans “the high wine-press”
• יִבְלְעָם·Ibleam
• קָבָל+H5971I«H5971a=עַם·Ibleam

1. Joshua 17:11יִבְלְעָם · Ibleam
   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 21:25גַּת־רִמּוֹן · Gath-rimmon
   And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach and Gath-rimmon—two cities, together with their pasturelands.
3. Judges 1:27יִבְלְעָם · Ibleam
   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.
4. 2 Kings 9:27יִבְלְעָם · Ibleam
   When King Ahaziah of Judah saw this, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. And Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot Ahaziah in his chariot on the Ascent of Gur, near Ibleam, and he fled to Megiddo and died there.
5. 2 Kings 15:10קָבָל+H5971I«H5971a=עַם · Ibleam
   Then Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah, struck him down and killed him in front of the people, and reigned in his place.
6. 1 Chronicles 6:70בִּלְעָם · Bileam
   And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.