Ibleam
yiv.le.am names a place associated with Manasseh, its inhabitants and villages, and a route near Megiddo.
The occurrences consistently present this proper noun as a place: among locations associated with Manasseh in Joshua 17:11 and Judges 1:27, and as a landmark near the ascent of Gur in 2 Kings 9:27.
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Place named among towns and landmarks · dominant
In Joshua 17:11, the proper noun occurs in a list of places belonging to Manasseh, with the APB rendering “Ibleam and its daughters.” In Judges 1:27 it is again located among settlements, where the APB renders “the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages”; in 2 Kings 9:27 it marks the location near the ascent of Gur on Ahaziah's flight route.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the name as “Ibleam” in all three verses: within lists of towns and inhabitants in Joshua 17:11 and Judges 1:27, and as a nearby location in 2 Kings 9:27. The verse is read as a whole.