Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Beth-shittah - - "House of the acacias," the same trees which gave their name to "Shittim" Numbers 33:49 in the plains of Maab, and which grew plentifully also, in the peninsula of Sinai Exodus 25:5 perhaps "Shuttah" , in the valley of Jezreel; or it may be another name of Scythopolis, or Beth-shan (compare I Kings 4:12). "Zererath or Zeredath" , near Succoth Judges 8:5, the same as "Zeredah" in Ephraim the birth-place of Jeroboam I Kings 11:26, and "Zartauah" I Kings 4:12. "Abel-meholah" (field of the dance), the birth-place of Elisha I Kings 19:16 is in the Jordan valley, 10 miles from Scythopolis, if identified with Bethmaela: if the same as Abelmea, it lay between Nablous and Scythopolis. (But see I Kings 19:16 note.) "Tabbath" was apparently lower down the Jordan valley, i. e. further south.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Judges 8:19
1 Kings 4:12
1 Kings 7:46
1 Kings 11:26
1 Kings 19:16
Habakkuk 3:14
Zechariah 14:13
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