Bet She'an National Park - a photo on Flickriver

            This is located at the junction of 2 valleys that connects the valley of Yizrael going west and the Jordan Rift valley going north to south.
The city is surrounded with a high ridge of mountains from all directions.

Overlooking the city in the east are the Heights of Gilad and southwest are the Gilboa Mountains.
In the north-west are the hills of the Lower Galilee.

The city is on a highway that connects Syria and the Heights of Gilad to the coast of Israel. The Tel (hill) of the ancient Bet She'an impressively blocks the entrance to the valley and controls the highway.

Water from Mount Gilboa and the Jordan River to the city, made this city has grown into an important commerce city, settled for over 4,000 years through today.

The biblical story that involves this city is from the time of King Shaul (Samuel 1:11, 41), a few decades before the first temmple is to be built.

The battle between Shaul and Phiistines just ended on Mount Gilboa. israel has been defeated. Smoke is coming from the burnt villages and cities, which have been conquered by the Philistines. 

(source : Discover the Land of Israel by Yossy Maimon)

Taken in: Israel / Northern / Bet She'an (show map)

Taken on: June 23, 2010

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