- Janohah
Janohah means "he rests" in Hebrew.
In the
Bible , Janohah is a town mentioned in Joshua 16:6 and 16:7, giving the northern border of theTribe of Ephraim "the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; And it went down from Janohah toAtaroth ."Another Janohah is mentioned in 2 Kings 15:29: "came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, ..."
The site of Janohah is thought by some to be Khirbet Janun, but this is disputed.
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