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Janoah

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Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897

Or Jano’hah, rest. (1.) A town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, in the Jordan valley (Josh. 16:6, 7). Identified with the modern Yanun, 8 miles south-east of Nablus. (2.) A town of Northern Palestine, within the boundaries of Naphtali. It was taken by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 15:29).

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Smith's Bible Dictionary · 1863

(rest), a place apparently in the north of Galilee, or the “land of Naphtali,”—one of those taken by Tiglath-pileser in his first incursion into Palestine. (2 Kings 15:29) No trace of it appears elsewhere.

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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898

JANO'AH (rest), a town of Naphtali, in northern Palestine, taken by the king of Assyria. 2 Kgs 15:29. Van de Velde and Porter propose to identify it with ruins at the village Hunis, between Abel-beth-Maachah and Kedesh; Conder with Yanuk, near the western limit of the ancient territory of Naphtali.

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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869

Janohah, resting; tarrying; deriving

Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880

JANO'AH (rest), a town of Naphtali, in northern Palestine, taken by the king of Assyria. 2 Kgs 15:29. Van de Velde and Porter propose to identify it with ruins at the village Hunis, between Abel-beth-Maachah and Kedesh; Conder with Yanuk, near the western limit of the ancient territory of Naphtali.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary (Matthew George Easton, 1897). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Smith's Bible Dictionary (William Smith, 1863). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Hastings Dictionary of the Bible (James Hastings, 1898). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible (Philip Schaff, 1880). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain.

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