Bible Dictionary
Ibleam
Ibleam was a city assigned to Manasseh, though the Canaanites remained there. It was near the route where King Ahaziah was wounded while fleeing from Jehu, and it was also called Bileam.
Definition
Ibleam was a town assigned to Manasseh, though the Canaanite inhabitants remained there because the Israelites did not expel them. It was also called Bileam and lay near the route by which Ahaziah fled from Jehu.
Biblical Usage
Ibleam appears in the allotment of Manasseh and in the account of Israel’s failure to remove the Canaanites. Ahaziah was overtaken and mortally wounded at the ascent of Gur by Ibleam.
Historical Background
The town was associated with the territory of Issachar and is placed near Jenin. The supplied material identifies it with or near Bel‘ameh, west of the valley through which the southern road runs; another proposed identification is Jelamah.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>ib'-le-am (yibhle`am); A town in the territory of Issachar which was assigned to Manasseh (Jos 17:11). This tribe, however, failed to expel the inhabitants, so the Canaanites continued to dwell in that land (Jud 1:27). It was on the route by which Ahaziah fled from Jehu. He was overtaken and mortally wounded "at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam" (2Ki 9:27). The name appears as Bileam in 1Ch 6:70; and it probably corresponds to Belmen of Jth. It is now represented by the ruin of Bel`ameh on the West of the valley through which the road to the south runs, about half a mile from Jenin. In 2Ki 15:10, where it is said that Zechariah the son of Jeroboam was slain by Shallum "before the people," this last phrase, which is awkward in the Hebrew, should be amended to read "in Bileam." Possibly "Gath-rimmon" in Jos 21:25 is a clerical error for "Ibleam."</p><p>W. Ewing</p>