Ibleam was a town in the land given to the tribe of Manasseh, near Bethshean, Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo. Joshua 17 lists it among Manasseh’s holdings, and Judges 1 says that Manasseh did not drive out its inhabitants, so the Canaanites kept living there. Its last appearance is a tense one. When Jehu pursued King Ahaziah of Judah, the king fled, and Jehu’s men struck him down at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. He ran on to Megiddo and died there. A reader can begin with Judges 1:27 to see how the town fits among the places Israel left unconquered.
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And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries.
Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there.
Matthew George Easton, 1897
People-waster, a city assigned to Manasseh (Josh. 17:11), from which the Israelites, however, could not expel the Canaanites (Judg. 1:27). It is also called Bileam (1 Chr. 6:70). It was probably the modern Jelamah, a village 2 1/2 miles north of Jenin.
William Smith, 1884
(devouring the people), a city of Manasseh, with villages or towns dependent on it. (Judges 1:27) It appears to have been situated in the territory of either Issachar or Asher. (Joshua 17:11) The ascent of Gur was "at Ibleam," (2 Kings 9:27) somewhere near the present Jenin , probably to the north of it.