# H1052 בֵּית שְׁאָן

בֵּית שְׁאָן (Bêyth Shᵉʼân), Strong’s H1052: Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine KJV: Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.. Occurs 18 times.

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*Bêyth Shᵉʼân* — Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine

KJV: Beth-shean, Beth-Shan.

Built from [בַּיִת bayith](https://besorah.bible/word/H1004) (a house) + [שָׁאַן shâʼan](https://besorah.bible/word/H7599) (to loll, i.e. be peaceful) — means “house of ease”

Occurs 18 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- בֵּית שְׁאָן n.pr.loc. in Manasseh, W. of Jordan (place of quiet)

## Where it occurs
- [Joshua 17:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/17?v=11) — Manasseh had three heights in Issachar, in Asher Beth Shean and its towns, and Ibleam and its towns, and the…
- [Joshua 17:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/17?v=16) — The children of Joseph said, “The hill country is not enough for us. All the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the…
- [Judges 1:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/1?v=27) — Manasseh didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants…
- [1 Samuel 31:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/31?v=10) — They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
- [1 Samuel 31:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/31?v=12) — all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth…
- [2 Samuel 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=12) — So David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh Gilead, who had…
- [1 Kings 4:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/4?v=12) — Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from…
- [1 Chronicles 7:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/7?v=29) — and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns…