Scythopolis (not mentioned in Gospels)

The Hebrew means "house of quiet." At first Beth-shan was allied with the Philistines (Josh.17v16). However, it later became a fortified city of the territory of the tribe of Manasseh (Josh.17v11; Judg.1v27). It was 14 miles south of Lake Galilee, located in the Valley of Jezreel (which see). It dates all the way back to 3500 B.C. After the death of King Saul, the Philistines attached his corpse to the wall of Beth-shan (1Sam.31v8-12; 2Sam.21v12). King Solomon in- cluded this town as one of his commissary districts (1Kgs.4v12).