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Jokneam

Town · also Jokmeam

Location disputed Tel Yokneam: about 100 km (60 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tel Yokneam Possible
  • Tel al Mazar Possible
  • Tell Simadi Possible
  • Qusin Less likely
  • Tell esh Sheikh Dhiab Less likely

Jokneam in the Bible Dictionary · Another Jokneam (town · Joshua 12:22)

Named in 1 Verse

  • 1 Kings 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:

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