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Where is Beth-shittah in the Bible?

Beth-shittah was a location in ancient Israel situated in the Vale of Jezreel, in the northern part of the country, likely corresponding to the modern village of Shutta about six miles northwest of Beisan. The place appears in the Book of Judges as the direction in which the Midianites fled after their decisive defeat by Gideon's army. When Gideon and his three hundred men routed the Midianite forces with trumpets and torches, the enemy soldiers scattered in panic toward Beth-shittah and beyond. This event demonstrates God's power to grant Israel victory against overwhelming odds through Gideon's faithful obedience, making Beth-shittah a marker of divine intervention in Israel's deliverance from foreign oppression.