Jeshanah

Jeshanah is a town in the central hill country, named once in scripture as one of the settlements taken from Jeroboam by Abijah king of Judah after the battle in which the northern army was routed. It appears in a tight cluster with Beth-el and Ephron, marking the southern frontier that shifted into Judahite control following the engagement.

Captured from Jeroboam

The single notice of Jeshanah falls in the aftermath of Abijah's victory over Jeroboam. When the men of Judah cried to Yahweh and the priests sounded with the trumpets, the northern army broke; Abijah pressed the rout into territorial gain. "And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns" (2Ch 13:19). The list pairs Jeshanah with two named neighbors and describes each as a town with dependent villages, placing it among the fortified settlements of the contested border between Judah and the kingdom of Jeroboam.