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Beth Shean, Israel

Beth Shean, Israel is an ancient city in northern Israel situated near the Jordan River and the Jezreel Valley.

Beth Shean, Israel

Beth Shean, Israel

Beth Shean is about 17 miles south of the Sea of Galilee.   The city seems to have been established thousands of years before the time of Christ.  It is also know as Scythopolis.

It may have been visited by Jesus in Mark 7.31 “And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.”

Beth Shean, Israel

Beth Shean, Israel

The city was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Joshua 17:11 “And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth- shean and its towns,…”

But the city was not conquered. Judges 1: 27 “And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth- shean and its towns, nor of Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.”

Beth Shean, Israel

Beth Shean, Israel

King Solomon made Beth Shean a major city:

1 Kings 4:7 “And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who provided victuals for the king and his household: each man had to make provision for a month in the year. ” 1 Kings 4:12 “Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth- shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth- shean to Abel- meholah, as far as beyond Jokmeam;”