Bible Location
Meaning: eye · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
En-gannim was a northern town in Issachar later given to the Levites. It is important because it combines fertile regional geography with priestly allocation. First appears in Josh 19:21.1
Place meaning
eye
Coordinates
32.46, 35.30
First appears
Josh 19:21
AI summary: En-gannim matters because it belongs to both inherited land and sacred service. Its position in Issachar and its Levitical assignment show how ordinary agricultural towns were drawn into Israel's worship structure. The cross references present En-gannim as a northern town of boundary, route, and Levitical life.1
Place meaning
eye
Latitude
32.46
Longitude
35.30
Bible references
2
A city on the border of Machar (Josh. 19:21), allotted to the Gershonite Levites (21:29). It is identified with the modern Jenin, a large and prosperous town of about 4,000 inhabitants, situated 15 miles south of Mount Tabor, through which the road from Jezreel to Samaria and Jerusalem passes. When Ahaziah, king of Judah, attempted to escape from Jehu, he “fled by the way of the garden house” i.e., by way of En-gannim. Here he was overtaken by Jehu and wounded in his chariot, and turned aside and fled to Megiddo, a distance of about 20 miles, to die there. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.