Scythopolis

Scythopolis, which is beyond Jordan, with the other cities pleaseth me most of all.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Beth-shean, which is also called Scythopolis, (see the LXX in Judges 1: 27), and do always resolve it to stand in a different condition from the other cities of the land of Israel.

From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

Its Greek name Scythopolis is very likely derived from a colony of Scythians who invaded Palestine in the seventh century B.C.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

After the Captivity it was called Scythopolis, i.e., "the city of the Scythians," who about B.C. 640 came down from the steppes of Southern Russia and settled in different places in Syria.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

[20] The reason why Bethshah was called Scythopolis is well known from

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

Bethshan, which by the Greeks is called Scythopolis, at which place

Antiquities of the Jews Flavius Josephus 1709

Beth-shean and her towns -- Greek, "Scythopolis" (now Beisan), in the valley of the Jordan, towards the east end of the plain of Jezreel.

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

But it will probably be admitted, that our traveller has rightly placed several other cities, such as Scythopolis, Hippus, Abila, [There were two cities of this name.

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

But the response of those who defended the cultus of icons was to draw on some of the theories elaborated, particularly in the work of the great theologian of the 7th century, Maximus the Confessor, Maximus of Scythopolis.

Royal Academy of Arts Byzantium Lecture 'Icons and the Practice of Prayer' 2009

We left early next morning, and rode to Scythopolis, where we camped.

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006