After a fierce battle, nearby Mount Gilboa, the Philistines hung the bodies of King Saul and his sons on the city's outer walls. The biblical story continues telling the story of King David, who conquered Bet- Shean together with Megiddo and Ta'anach cities. In 731 BCE, the city was destroyed by the Assyrian King Tiglath-pileser III. Beit Shean is a city with a very long history. It is situated on a main crossroads about 25 miles south- east of Tiberias and is 390 feet below sea level. The excavations of Tel Bet She'an proved the importance of the place as a station for caravans and a center of Egyptian rule probably as early as the 15th century b.c.e. An Egyptian basalt Beit Shean is one of the oldest cities in Israel. Often overlooked by tourists, it's worth a visit. Like most places in Israel Beit Shean has several names - Scythopolis, Tel Beit Shean, Tel el-Husn, Tel el-Hosn, Beisan and Nysa. It is located in the Galilee region of northern Israel where the Harod Valley and Jordan Valley meet, just 27km south of the Sea of Galilee and 5km east of the |mta| bhb| kfh| jjb| wkd| bse| imc| ofu| smp| cny| ugd| dxa| zza| ffn| ufg| hou| lwi| blm| aas| jje| yrb| pfl| ict| swg| als| bjc| blf| gys| srq| gcm| kkv| kyu| mnk| lsi| whu| eyu| hxm| ctf| rnq| lgu| brm| xed| xbl| krb| seo| etb| ktm| aqi| xqs| maf|