The Definition of the word Beth-shean

Beth-shean

House of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians (Jer. 6:1). "It is probable that this place is the modern `Ain Karim, or" "well of the vineyards, near which there is a ridge on which" "are cairns which may have served as beacons of old, one of which" is 40 feet high and 130 in diameter.