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Bileam

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(foreigners). A town of Manasseh (1 Chron. 6:70⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. (1 Chronicles 6:70)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Levitical city in Manasseh, west of the Jordan (1 Chron. 6:70⁷⁰And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. (1 Chronicles 6:70)). Supposed to be the same as GATH-RIMMON in Joshua 21:25²⁵And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs; two cities. (Joshua 21:25), and perhaps the same as IBLEAM in Joshua 17:11¹¹And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. (Joshua 17:11).

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

same as Balaam