in Ancient Geography, a town of Galilee, recited (Joshua xvii. 11.) among the cities of Manasseh, in the tribe of Issachar or Asser, on the west side of Jordan; famous for the defeat of Ahaziah and Josiah, who perished there (2 Kings xxiii. 29.): near it was an open plain, fit for drawing up an army in battle array. It was situated to the north, contrary to its position in the common maps. The Canaanites, being tributary to the Israelites, dwelt in it, Joshua xviii. — It was rebuilt by Solomon, 1 Kings ix.