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Easton's Bible Dictionary
people-waster, A city assigned to Manasseh ( Joshua
17:11 ), from which the Israelites, however, could not expel the Canaanites
( Judges
1:27 ). It is also called Bileam ( 1
Chronicles 6:70 ). It was probably the modern Jelamah, a village 2 1/2 miles
north of Jenin.
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
ancient people; people decreasing
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(devouring the people)
A city of Manasseh, with villages or towns dependent on it. ( Judges 1:27 ) It
appears to have been situated in the territory of either Issachar or Asher. (
Joshua 17:11 ) The ascent of Gur was "at Ibleam," ( 2 Kings 9:27 ) somewhere near
the present Jenin , probably to the north of it.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ib'-le-am (yibhle'am);
A town in the territory of Issachar which was assigned
to Manasseh (Joshua 17:11). This tribe, however, failed to expel the inhabitants,
so the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land (Judges 1:27). It was on the
route by which Ahaziah fled from Jehu. He was overtaken and mortally wounded "at
the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam" (2 Kings 9:27). The name appears as Bileam
in 1 Chronicles 6:70; and it probably corresponds to Belmen of Jth. It is now
represented by the ruin of Bel'ameh on the West of the valley through which the
road to the south runs, about half a mile from Jenin. In 2 Kings 15:10, where
it is said that Zechariah the son of Jeroboam was slain by Shallum "before the
people," this last phrase, which is awkward in the Hebrew, should be amended to
read "in Bileam." Possibly "Gath-rimmon" in Joshua 21:25 is a clerical error for
"Ibleam."
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