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==References == | <p> <strong> [[Beth-Shean,]] [[Beth-Shan]] </strong> . The site of this ancient stronghold, allotted to Manasseh, although in the territory of [[Issachar]] ( Joshua 17:11 ff., Judges 1:27 ), is marked by the great mound and village of <em> Beisân </em> , in the throat of the [[Vale]] of Jezreel, where it opens into the <em> Ghôr </em> . [[Manasseh]] failed to eject the Canaanites, but at a later date they were reduced to servitude. Here the [[Philistines]] dishonoured the bodies of Saul and his sons ( 1 Samuel 31:7 ff.). During the Greek period it was known as <strong> [[Scythopolis]] </strong> ; but the ancient name again prevailed in the form of <em> Beisân </em> . After changes of fortune in the Maccabæn struggle, and in the time immediately succeeding, it attained considerable prosperity as a member of the [[Decapolis]] ( 1Ma 12:40 , Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Ant </em> . [[Xiv.]] [[V.]] 3, <em> [[Bj]] </em> [[Iii.]] [[Iv.]] 7, etc.). There must always have been a strong admixture of heathen inhabitants (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] <em> Vita </em> , 6, <em> Abhoda [[Zarah]] </em> i. 4). It is now in the hands of a body of Circassians. </p> <p> [[W.]] Ewing. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:54, 12 October 2021
Beth-Shan Beth-Shean [1]
Beth-Shean, Beth-Shan . The site of this ancient stronghold, allotted to Manasseh, although in the territory of Issachar ( Joshua 17:11 ff., Judges 1:27 ), is marked by the great mound and village of Beisân , in the throat of the Vale of Jezreel, where it opens into the Ghôr . Manasseh failed to eject the Canaanites, but at a later date they were reduced to servitude. Here the Philistines dishonoured the bodies of Saul and his sons ( 1 Samuel 31:7 ff.). During the Greek period it was known as Scythopolis ; but the ancient name again prevailed in the form of Beisân . After changes of fortune in the Maccabæn struggle, and in the time immediately succeeding, it attained considerable prosperity as a member of the Decapolis ( 1Ma 12:40 , Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Ant . Xiv. V. 3, Bj Iii. Iv. 7, etc.). There must always have been a strong admixture of heathen inhabitants (Jos. [Note: Josephus.] Vita , 6, Abhoda Zarah i. 4). It is now in the hands of a body of Circassians.
W. Ewing.
