1 Kings 4:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בַּֽעֲנָא֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיל֔וּד תַּעְנַ֖ךְ וּמְגִדּ֑וֹ וְכָל־בֵּ֣ית שְׁאָ֡ן אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵ֨צֶל צָרְתַ֜נָה מִתַּ֣חַת לְיִזְרְעֶ֗אל מִבֵּ֤ית שְׁאָן֙ עַ֚ד אָבֵ֣ל מְחוֹלָ֔ה עַ֖ד מֵעֵ֥בֶר לְיָקְמֳעָֽם׃

Transliteration

Baʿănāʾ son-of-ʾĂḥîlûd Taʿnak and-Məgiddô and-all-Bêt Šəʾān which beside Ṣārətānāh from-beneath to-Yizrəʿeʾl, from-Bêt Šəʾān until ʾĀbēl Məḥôlāh until from-beyond to-Yāqmŏʿām

Grammar Details

*Baʿănāʾ*: proper noun - Baana
*ʾĂḥîlûd*: proper noun - Ahilud
*Taʿnak*: proper noun - Taanach
*Məgiddô*: proper noun - Megiddo
*Bêt Šəʾān*: proper noun - Beth-shean
*Ṣārətānāh*: proper noun - Zarethan
*Yizrəʿeʾl*: proper noun - Jezreel
*ʾĀbēl Məḥôlāh*: proper noun - Abel-meholah
*Yāqmŏʿām*: proper noun - Jokmeam

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Referenced Verses

Josh 17:11 : 11 And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
Judg 5:19 : 19 The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
1 Kgs 19:16 : 16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
Josh 3:16 : 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 30 And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.
1 Chr 6:68 : 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
1 Sam 31:10 : 10 And they put his armour in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan.
1 Sam 31:12 : 12 All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there.
1 Kgs 7:46 : 46 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.
1 Kgs 18:46 : 46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

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9The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
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1 Chr 4:33
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1 Chr 7:29
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