Canaanite town allotted to Naphtali, but not fully conquered.
Beth-anath
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 19:38.
בֵּית־עֲנָתBeth-anath
About Beth-anath Written by AI
Beth-anath was a Canaanite town mentioned in Joshua 19:38 as part of the territory allotted to the tribe of Naphtali during the division of the Promised Land. The name Beth-anath means "house of Anath," possibly referring to a temple or shrine dedicated to the Canaanite goddess Anath. In Judges 1:33, it is revealed that the tribe of Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-anath, and instead, the Canaanites continued to live among them. This failure to completely conquer and occupy the town was part of a larger pattern of the Israelites' incomplete obedience to God's command to drive out the Canaanites from the land. The exact location of Beth-anath is not specified in the Bible, but it was within the territory of Naphtali, which was situated in the northern part of Canaan, in the region of Galilee.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
House of response, one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38). It is perhaps identical with the modern village ‘Ainata, 6 miles west of Kedesh.
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Joshua 19:38
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
- Judges 1:33
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.