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Engannim

 

Engannim - (fountain of the garden).

1. A city in the low country of Judah, named between Zanoah and Tappuah. (Joshua 15:34)

2. A city on the border of Issachar. (Joshua 19:21) allotted with its "suburbs" to the Gershonite Levites, (Joshua 21:29) probably Jenin, the first village encountered on the ascent from the great plain of Esdraelon into the hills of the central country.
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