Jokneam

Town situated some 9 miles (12 km) northwest of Megiddo, on the fringes of the western JezreelValley, commanding one of the most important junctions on the coastal road leading from Egypt and the land of Israle to Phoenicia. The traveler on this road would have diverged from the great highway to Damascus, which crossed the Carmel range via Wadi Ara and Megiddo, in order to take the northern passage via Wadi Milh and Jokneam and thus continue northwards to the coastal town of Tyre and beyond.The earliest record of the site is in a topographical list from the time of Thutmosis III (1482-1450 B.C.). It is also mentioned in the Book of Joshua as one of the Canaanite towns conqured by Joshua (Josh 12:22) and later apportioned to the Levites (Josh 21:34), being on the border of the inheritance of the tribe of Zebulun (Josh 19:11).Archeological investigations of recent years have shown that the 10-acre site was almost continuously occupied from the Early Bronze Age (c. 3000 B.C.) until the Mameluke period (14th century A.D.). The most impressive finds to date are the massive fortifications and adjacent water system of the Israelite town, dating from the 10th to 8th centuries B.C., which crown the steep slopes of the mound. Other finds include domestic buildings of the Middle Bronze Age II through the Iron Age II, and remains of fortifications and a church of the Crusader period.

Concordance
Josh 12:22; 19:11; 21:34. I Kgs 4:12