Beth-Shan
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Beth-shan (3 Occurrences)

1 Samuel 31:10 And they put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth; and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 31:12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 21:12 And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa; (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT RSV)

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Bethshan (3 Occurrences)
... beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or
Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to ...Bethshan (3 Occurrences ...
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Beth-shan (3 Occurrences)
Beth-shan. << Bethshan, Beth-shan. Bethshean >>. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN. ... << Bethshan, Beth-shan. Bethshean >>. Reference Bible.
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Bethshean (5 Occurrences)
... The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1 Samuel 31:10, 12 and 2 Samuel
21:12. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN. ...
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Beth-shean (5 Occurrences)
... The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1 Samuel 31:10, 12 and 2 Samuel
21:12. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN. ...
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Shan (8 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth;
and they fastened his body to the wall of BethShan. ...
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Jabeshgilead (12 Occurrences)
... bodies of Saul and of his three sons from the walls of Beth-shan, and after ... men of
Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the ...
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Jabesh-gilead (12 Occurrences)
... A town on the east of Jordan, on the top of one of the green hills of Gilead, within
the limits of the half tribe of Manasseh, and in full view of Beth-shan. ...
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Jabesh (21 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 31:12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body
of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of BethShan; and they came to ...
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Beth (115 Occurrences)
... NIV). 1 Samuel 31:10 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth;
and they fastened his body to the wall of BethShan. (WEB ...
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Bodies (144 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 31:12 all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body
of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of BethShan; and they came to ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
BETH-SHEAN; BETH-SHAN

beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to Manasseh, out of which the Canaanites were not driven (Joshua 17:11 Judges 1:27); in the days of Israel's strength they were put to taskwork (Judges 1:28). They doubtless were in league with the Philistines who after Israel's defeat on Gilboa exposed the bodies of Saul and his sons on the wall of the city (1 Samuel 31:7), whence they were rescued by the men of Jabesh, who remembered the earlier kindness of the king (1 Samuel 31:7 2 Samuel 21:12). In 1 Kings 4:12 the name applies to the district in which the city stands. It was called Scythopolis by the Greeks. This may be connected with the invasion of Palestine by the Scythians who, according to George Syncellus, "overran Palestine and took possession of Beisan." This may be the invasion noticed by Herodotus, circa 600 B.C. (i.104-6). Here Tryphon failed in his first attempt to take Jonathan by treachery (1 Maccabees 12:40). It fell to John Hyrcanus, but was taken from the Jews by Pompey. It was rebuilt by Gabinius (Ant., XIV, v, 3), and became an important member of the league of the "ten cities" (BJ, III, ix, 7). The impiousness of the inhabitants is painted in dark colors by Josephus (Vita, 6; BJ, II, xviii, 3); and the Mishna speaks of it as a center of idol worship (`Abhodhah Zarah, i.4). Later it was the seat of a bishop.

It is represented by the modern Beisan, in the throat of the Vale of Jezreel where it falls into the Jordan valley, on the southern side of the stream from `Ain Jalud. The ruins of the ancient city are found on the plain, and on the great mound where probably stood the citadel. Between the town and the stretch of marsh land to the South runs the old road from East to West up the Vale of Jezreel, uniting in Esdraelon with the great caravan road from North to South.

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Strong's Hebrew
1052. Beth Shean -- "place of quiet," a place in Manasseh, West of ...
... Word Origin from bayith and shaan Definition "place of quiet," a place in Manasseh,
W. of the Jordan NASB Word Usage Beth-shan (3), Beth-shean (6). ...
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