Dict: smith - BETHSHEAN

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BETHSHEAN - B>@ - (house of rest), or in Samuel, BETHSHAN, a city which belonged to Manasseh, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:29) though within the limits of Issachar kjv@Joshua:17:11) and therefore on the west of Jordan. Comp. 1 Macc. kjv@5:62. In later times it was called Scythopolis. 2 Macc. 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.