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<li> A town of Northern Palestine, within the boundaries of Naphtali. It was taken by the king of [[Assyria]] (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:29 ). <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Janoah'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/j/janoah.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> <strong> JANOAH. 1. </strong> A town in the northern mountains of Naphtali, near [[Kedesh]] (&nbsp; 2 Kings 15:29 ). It is probably the modern <em> Yanûh </em> . <strong> 2. </strong> A place on the border of [[Ephraim]] (&nbsp; Joshua 16:6-7 ); situated where the present <em> Yânûn </em> now stands, with the supposed tomb of Nun. </p>

<p> (Heb. Yano'ach, יָנוֹח '', Rest;'' &nbsp;2 Kings 15:29; Sept. Ἀνώχ v.r. Ι᾿ανώχ; but in Joshua cvi, 6,7 with ה local, ''Yano'Chah, יָנוֹחָה, To Janoah;'' Sept. Ι᾿ανωχά v. ''R. Ι᾿Ανωκά'' and Ι᾿ανώ, or even ᾿Μαχώ '';'' Vulg. ''Janzoe;'' A.V. "Janohah"), the name probably of two places. </p> <p> '''1.''' A town on the N.E. border of Ephraim (see Keil and Delitzsch, ''Comment. On Joshua,'' etc., p. 177, Clarke's ed.), and consequently in or near the [[Jordan]] valley (&nbsp;Joshua 16:6-7). Euseb. and [[Jerome]] state that in their time it was still a village in the district of Acrabatine, twelve miles east of Neapolis, the ancient [[Sichem]] (Onomasticon s. v Ι᾿ανώ, Janon). About three and a half hours (12 miles) east by south of Nablus stands the little village of ''Yanon,'' situated in a vale which descends the eastern slope of the mountains of Ephraim to the Jordan. The village is' now mostly in ruins, but it has a few houses inhabited, and its ancient remains "are extensive and interesting. [[Entire]] houses and walls are still existing, but covered with immense heaps of earth and rubbish. The- dwellings of the present inhabitants are built upon and between the dwellings of the ancient Janohah" (Van de Velde, Travels, 2, 303). [[Janohah]] being situated on the side of the mountain range, the border "went down" to Ataroth, which lay in the valley of the Jordan. About a mile up the vale of Janohahis a little fountain, and upon a hill above it the prostrate ruins of another ancient town which is now called Khirbet Yanun ("ruined: Yaniun") (Robinson, B. R. 3:297): </p> <p> '''2.''' A town of Northern Palestine, situated apparently between Abel-beth- [[Maachah]] and Kedesh, and within the boundaries of Naphtali. It was taken, with several other cities; on the first invasion of [[Palestine]] by TiglathPileser, king of Assyria (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:29). It is mentioned by [[Eusebius]] and Jerome, but they strangely confound it with Janohah, a town of Ephraim ''(Onomasticon,'' s.v.; Janon), and in this they are followed by Reland: ''(Palestina,'' p. 826), [[Gesenius]] ''(Thesaurus,'' s.v.), Schwarz ''Palest.'' p. 147), and others. The modern village of ''Hunin,'' which stands on the brow of a mountain between [[Abel]] and Kedesh, and which contains the massive ruins of a large and strong castle, would answer to the situation, and the names have some slight radical affinity. For a description of Hunin, see Porter, ''Handbook For Syria And Palestine,'' p. 444. — Kitto, s.v. ‘ A ruin called ''Yanuh,'' on a hill S.W. of Haddata (Robinson, ''Later Researches,'' p.58), seems' by its name to have more correspondence to Jalnoah than Huinnin; but it lies in the center of [[Gentile]] Galilee, and Tiglath-Pileser's march seems rather to have followed the hills along the [[Huleh]] plain, [[Van]] de Velde, Memoir, p. 324. </p>

<p> ''''' ja ''''' - ''''' nō´a ''''' ( ינוח , <i> ''''' yānōaḥ ''''' </i> , "resting-place"): </p> <p> (1) A place named on the eastern boundary of Ephraim (&nbsp;Joshua 16:6 f; the King James Version "Janohah"). Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> (s.v. "Jano") places it in Akrabattine, 12 Roman miles East of [[Neapolis]] ( <i> '''''Nablūs''''' </i> ). This points definitely to <i> '''''Khirbet Yānūn''''' </i> . On a hill near by, the [[Moslems]] show the <i> '''''Maḳām''''' </i> of <i> '''''Neby Nūn''''' </i> , the father of Joshua. </p> <p> (2) A town in the uplands of Naphtali, mentioned as having been captured and depopulated by Tiglathpileser. It is named with Abel-beth-maacah and Kedesh (&nbsp;2 Kings 15:29 ). It may be identical with <i> '''''Yānūḥ''''' </i> , a village about 6 miles East of Tyre. </p>