JANOAH (nir, rest ; ; Alex. 'Iapcf.rx ; 7anoe), a town of Northern Palestine, situated ap parently between Abel-beth-Maachah and Kedesh, and within the boundaries of Naplitali. It was taken, with several other cities, on the first invasion of Palestine by Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria (2 Kings xy. 29). It is mentioned by Eusebius, but he strangely confounds it with Janohah, a town of Ephraim ; and in this he is followed by Gesenius and others (Ozzonast. s. yanozz ; Gesenius, The saztrus, s. v.) The site of Janoah has not been identified. The modern village of Hunin, which stands on the brow of a mountain between Abel and Kedesh, and which contains the massive ruins of a large and strong castle, would answer to the situation, and the names filinin and Yanoah, though apparently so unlike, have some slight radical affinity : for a description of Hunin, see Handbook for S. and P., 444).—J. L. P. JANOHAH (;11-nn the same as rm., with 71 local ; 'Iavuncd ; Alex. 'Iamb ; 'aline), a town on the north-eastern border of Ephraim, and conse quently in or near the Jordan valley (Josh. xvi. 6, 7). It is only once mentioned in Scripture ; but Eusebius and Jerome state that in their time it was still a village in the district of Acrabatane, twelve miles east of Neapolis, the ancient Sichem. Eu
sebius calls it 'lava: (Ononzast. s. v. yanon). About three and a half hours (12 miles) east by south of Nabulus, stands the little village of Yanz2n ; situated in a vale which descends the eastern slope of the mountains of Ephraim to the Jordan. The village is now mostly in ruins, but it has a few houses inhabited, and its ancient re mains are extensive and interesting. Entire houses and walls are still existing, but covered with immense heaps of earth and rubbish. The dwellings of the present inhabitants are built upon and between the houses of the ancient Janollah' (Van de Velde, Travels, ii. 3o3). There can be no doubt that this is the yanon of Jerome, and the Janohah of the Bible. As an example of the minute accuracy of Joshua's topography, it may be remarked that he states, the border of Ephraim 'went a'own from Janoliah Ataroth.' Janohab being situated on the side of the mountain range, the border went down' to Ataroth, which lay in the valley of the Jordan. About a mile up the vale of Janohah is a little fountain, and on a hill above it the prostrate ruins of another ancient town, which is now called Kiirbet Yantin, ruined Yanfin' (Robinson, B. R., iii. 297).—J. L. P.