Bible Location
Meaning: who humbles thee; who answers thee · 7 cross references · Modern-day map available
Taanach was a Canaanite and later Israelite city on the south-west edge of the Jezreel Valley near Megiddo. It is important because it stood along a strategic corridor and appears in conquest, tribal allotment, Deborah's song, and Solomon's administration. First appears in Josh 12:21.1
Place meaning
who humbles thee; who answers thee
Coordinates
32.52, 35.22
First appears
Josh 12:21
AI summary: Taanach occupies a small but strategic place in the central north. Its early references place it among the royal cities confronted by Joshua, while Judges shows that the surrounding Canaanite presence was not quickly erased. Deborah's song remembers the wider battlefield region near Taanach, adding literary and military significance, and later administrative texts show the city still mattered within Israel's organized kingdom life. The cross references present Taanach as a valley-edge stronghold where conquest, coexistence, battle memory, and state administration overlap.1
Place meaning
who humbles thee; who answers thee
Latitude
32.52
Longitude
35.22
Bible references
7
A sandy place, an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, on the south-western border of the plain of Esdraelon, 4 miles south of Megiddo. Its king was conquered by Joshua (12:21). It was assigned to the Levites of the family of Kohath (17:11-18; 21:25). It is mentioned in the song of Deborah (Judg. 5:19). It is identified with the small modern village of Ta’annuk. 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.
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Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
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.