A city with dependent villages, belonging to Manasseh, yet situated in Asher or Issachar (probably the latter). (See GUR.) Near Jenin (Judges 1:27; Joshua 17:11; 2 Kings 9:27). Perhaps the Bileam of 1 Chronicles 6:70, and Gathrimmon. (See BILEAM; GATHRIMMON.)
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