Modern locations of places in the Bible:

Tel Bet Shean

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Also CalledTell el Hisn, Tell el Husn
Latitude, Longitude32.503611, 35.503056
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?)197512/212197
Typesettlement
Point Precisionpoint in visible remains
Coordinates Sources
  • Amud Anan
  • Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary (1992): Beth-shan (place)
  • Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000): Beth-shan
  • GeoNames
  • GeoNames
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Wikidata
  • Wikidata
  • Zondervan Atlas of the Bible (2010): Beth Shan
  • Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (2009): Josh 17:11
Precise Coordinates Notesthese coordinates are for the older tel rather than the Roman ruins
Geo Data KML (for Google Earth)
GeoJSON (for GIS applications)

Biblical places associated with Tel Bet Shean

Image

panorama of ruins at Tel Bet Shean
Credit: A.Sobkowski (modified)