A fortified town in the territory of Naphtali.
About Beth-anath
A town given to the tribe of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38). The tribe did not drive out the people who originally lived there (Judges 1:33). The Israelites often made slaves of the remaining Canaanite people. They were then corrupted by the non-Jewish religious practices.
Key References
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
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.
All Scripture References (2)
Joshua (1)
Iron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh. There were nineteen cities, along with their villages.
Judges (1)
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.