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Jos 19:14 King James And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Hannathon, more properly Channathon, has been supposed by some to be the Cana of Galilee of the New Testament, and Jiphthah-el is probably the present "Jefat"; the "Jotapata" of Roman times, which was so long and valiantly defended by Josephus against the legions of Vespasian. The "Valley" is the "Wady Abilin"; and Bethlehem Jos 19:15 is the present miserable village of "Beit-Lahin."
 
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15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.