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Beth-Anath
Hebrew: בֵּית עֲנָת —transliteration: Beth-Anath —meaning: “house/temple of Anath” (aka Anat, a Canaanite goddess) —occurrences: 3 (Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33)
This fortified Canaanite city became one of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Joshua 19:38).
Israel failed to drive out Beth-Anath’s Canaanite inhabitants as directed by God.
Naphtali did not dispossess the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them. —Judges 1:33
It is perhaps identical with the modern village 'Ainata (aka 'Ainatha), 6 miles west of Kedesh, or a similar site in northern Galilee.
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