Beth Anath
בֵּית עֲנָת/beth-AY-nath/
“House of response, or house of Anath (a Canaanite goddess)”
Summary
One of the fortified cities of Naphtali from which the Canaanites were not driven out but made tributary.
☩Naphtali's Fortified City
Beth-anath was one of the 'fenced cities' of the tribe of Naphtali, named alongside Beth-shemesh. The Israelites failed to expel the Canaanite inhabitants, instead making them tributaries. It is possibly identified with the modern village Ainata, north of Bint-Jebeil in southern Lebanon.
Key verses:Joshua 19:38Judges 1:33
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Beth-anath," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. I (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Bethanath," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).