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    Beth-anath

    בֵּית־עֲנָת

    Beth-anath was a Canaanite town allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, but the Naphtalites did not drive out its inhabitants.

    Where the story of Beth-anath happensWhere the gazetteer locates Beth-anath, framed to them: Beth-anath. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Beth-anath
    Where the gazetteer locates Beth-anath
    verses
    2
    first named
    Joshua 19:38
    last named
    Judges 1:33
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    33.20°N · 35.43°E
    settlement33.20°N · 35.43°E

    Safad el Battikh (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 4 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Beth-anath in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Beth-anath was a Canaanite town mentioned in Joshua 19:38 as part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Naphtali during the division of the Promised Land. The name Beth-anath means "house of Anath," possibly referring to a temple or shrine dedicated to the Canaanite goddess Anath. In Judges 1:33, it is revealed that the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-anath, and instead, the Canaanites continued to live among them. This failure to completely conquer and occupy the town was part of a larger pattern of the Israelites' incomplete obedience to God's command to drive out the Canaanites from the land. The exact location of Beth-anath is not specified in the Bible, but it was within the territory of Naphtali, which was situated in the northern part of Canaan, in the region of Galilee.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    Took part in

    Stands in the same events as

    Read it

    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books. The name is written 3 times in them.

    1. Joshua1 verse

      19:38

    2. Judges1 verse

      1:33

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Nineteen CitiesBeth-shemeshFortified city in Naphtali, not conquered by the tribe.via Nineteen CitiesCityCity is a concept gathering 369 labelled instances in the text.via Nineteen CitiesHoremA fortified city in Naphtalivia Nineteen CitiesMigdal-elA fortified city in Naphtalivia Nineteen CitiesVillageVillage is a concept gathering 43 labelled instances in the text.via Nineteen CitiesYironA town allotted to the tribe of Naphtali

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