Janoah

Town

Location disputed Yanouh: about 170 km (100 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Yanouh Possible
  • Yanuh Possible
  • Khirbet Niha Possible
  • Givat ha Shoqet Less likely
  • Khirbet Yanun Less likely

Janoah in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • 2 Kings 15:29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.

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