Taanach: Joshua 17:11, Judges 5:19 Megiddo: 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30 Bethshean: 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12 Zartanah: 1 Kings 7:46, Zarthan, Joshua 3:16, Zaretan Jezreel: 1 Kings 18:46 Abelmeholah: 1 Kings 19:16 Reciprocal: Joshua 12:21 - Megiddo Joshua 17:16 - Bethshean Joshua 19:11 - Jokneam Judges 7:22 - Zererath 1 Kings 9:15 - Megiddo 2 Kings 9:27 - Megiddo 1 Chronicles 6:68 - Jokmeam 1 Chronicles 7:29 - Taanach read more
SOLOMON’S OFFICIALS, 1 Kings 4:1-19. The design of the sacred writer in introducing this list of Solomon’s chief officers seems to have been both to show the constitution of the kingdom and to indicate its power and glory. It is not likely that all these officers were appointed at the very beginning of Solomon’s reign, and continued without the occurrence of a death or change among them during the whole forty years of his reign. But this list probably contains the names of the most... read more
12. Taanach and Megiddo In the great plain of Esdraelon. See on Joshua 12:21; Judges 5:19. Beth-shean The modern Beisan, between Mount Gilboa and the Jordan. See Joshua 17:11. Zartanah This place has not been identified. Beneath Jezreel The city of Jezreel, which gave its name to the whole neighbouring valley, was on the site of the modern Zerin, near the western end of Mount Gilboa. See on Joshua 19:18. Beneath Jezreel indicates that Beth-shean and its neighbouring towns lay... read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 4:12
1Ki 4:12 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: Ver. 12. Taanach and Megiddo. ] These were in the tribe of Manasseh: he had also part of Issachar, and part of Zebulun; for in this business they shared out the land, not by tribes but districts, or provinces; that things might be equally carried. read more