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nued to dwell in that land (Jud 1:27). It was on the route by which Ahaziah fled from Jehu. He was overtaken and mortally wounded "at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam" (2Ki 9:27).
Where is Ibleam in the Bible?
Ibleam was a Levitical city located in the territory of Issachar in ancient Palestine, situated in the region near the valley west of Jenin in modern-day Israel. The city appears in the books of Joshua and Judges as one of the settlements assigned to the Levites, though the Canaanites initially continued to dwell there. Ibleam is notably mentioned in connection with King Ahaziah of Judah, who was mortally wounded near the city when he attempted to flee from Jehu at "the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam." The city also figures in the account of King Zechariah's assassination, marking it as a site of significant political and military events during Israel's monarchy.
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- Judges
Ibleam
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)nued to dwell in that land (Jud 1:27). It was on the route by which Ahaziah fled from Jehu. He was overtaken and mortally wounded "at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam" (2Ki 9:27). The name appears as Bileam in 1Ch 6:70; and it probably corresponds to Belmen of Jth. It is now represented by the ruin of Bel`ameh on the West of the valley through which the road to the south runs, about half a mile from Jenin. In 2Ki 15:10, where it is said that Zechariah the son of Jeroboam was slain by Shallum "before the people," this last phrase, which is awkward in the Hebrew, should be amended to read "in Bileam." Possibly "Gath-rimmon" in Jos 21:25 is a clerical error for "Ibleam."
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ib-ne'-ya (yibhneyah, "Yah buildeth up"): A Benjamite, son of Jeroham (1Ch 9:8).