Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(house of rest). A city of Manasseh (Josh. 17:11; Judg. 1:27; 1 Chron. 7:29); Bethshan (1 Sam. 31:10-12). A commissary district of Solomon (1 Kings 4:12). Now Beisan.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
City of Manasseh west of the Jordan, though situate in Issachar (Josh. 17:11, 16; 1 Chron. 7:29); from which the Canaanites were not driven out (Judg. 1:27). In the days of Saul the Philistines appear to have had possession of the town, for on their finding the dead body of Saul it was here that they hung it on the wall (1 Sam. 31:10, 12; 2 Sam. 21:12). In the time of Solomon Beth-shean was under the charge of one of his commissariat officers (1 Kings 4:12). It is identified with Beisan, 32° 30’ N, 35° 30’ E. It must have been a place of note, from the extent of the ruins, which consist of black volcanic basalt. It is doubtless on the same spot as SCYTHOPOLIS, mentioned in 2 Mac. 12. 29, and which was one of the ten cities of Decapolis.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
or Beyth Shan {bayth shawn'}; from 1004 and 7599; house of ease; Beth-Shean or Beth-Shan, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Beth- shean, Beth-Shan
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
Place of peace, or quiet:―a place in Palestine [BETH-SHAN], Josh. 17:11. {Locus pacis}