The bonds of Galilee were, “on the south, Samaris and Scythopolis, unto the flood of Jordan.”
Scythopolis is the same with Beth-shean, of which is no seldom mention in the Holy Scriptures, Joshua 17:11; Judges 1:27; 1 Samuel 31:10. “Bethsaine (saith Josephus), called by the Greeks Scythopolis.” It was distant but a little way from Jordan, seated in the entrance to a great valley: for so the same author writes, “Having passed Jordan, they came to a great plain, where lies before you the city Bethsane,” &c.
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Author: John Lightfoot
Keywords: Bethshan, Beth Shan, Bethshean, Beth-shean, Bethsane, Scythopolis, Galilee
Bible reference(s): Josh 17:11, Josh 17:16, Judg 1:27, 1 Kgs 4:12, 1 Chr 7:29
Source: A Commentary of the New Testament from the Talmud and Hebraica (1658), chapter 60.
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