Ibleam

Ib´lee-uhm

A strongly fortified town near one of the southern passes into the Esdraelon Plain. The tribe of Manasseh was unable to drive the Canaanites out of Ibleam (Josh 17:11; Josh 17:12; Judg 1:27), and it probably remained in Canaanite hands until the time of David. Ahaziah, king of Judah, was wounded by Jehu near Ibleam (2Kgs 9:27), and according to a Greek text it was at Ibleam that Shallum murdered Zechariah, king of Israel (2Kgs 15:10).