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Beth-shean
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Beth-she'an. (house of rest). Bethshean or, in Samuel, Bethshan, a city which belonged to Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 7:29, though within the limits of Issachar Joshua 17:11 and therefore, on the west of Jordan. Compare 1 Maccabees 5:62. In later times, it was called Scythopolis. 2 Maccabees 12:29. The place is still known as Beisan. It lies in the Ghor or Jordan valley, about twelve miles south of the Sea of Galilee, and four miles west of the Jordan.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Beth-shean'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/b/beth-shean.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Beth-shean'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/b/beth-shean.html. 1901.
