Dictionaries :: Beth-Shean

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Beth-Shean:

house of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1Ch 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 (1Ki 4:12). The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1Sa 31:10, 12 and 2Sa 21:12. It is on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, about 5 miles from the Jordan, and 14 from the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret. After the Captivity it was called Scythopolis, i.e., "the city of the Scythians," who about B.C. 640 came down from the steppes of Southern Russia and settled in different places in Syria. It is now called Beisan.

Nave's Topical Bible

Beth-Shean: A City of the Tribe of Manasseh

1Ch 7:29; Jos 17:11

Beth-Shean: Not Subdued

Jdg 1:27

Beth-Shean: Bodies of Saul and His Sons Exposed In

1Sa 31:10, 12

Beth-Shean: Name Of

Called BETH-SHAN,

1Sa 31:10, 12; 2Sa 21:12.

Beth-Shean: District Of

Under tribute to Solomon's commissariat,

1Ki 4:12.