King James Bible Dictionary

benevolent; complaisant; pleasing

1. A daughter of Zelophehad:

General references
Numbers 26:33; Numbers 36:11; Joshua 17:3

Special legislation in regard to the inheritance of
Numbers 27:1-11; Numbers 36:1-13; Joshua 17:3-4

2. A city of Canaan:

Captured by Joshua
Joshua 12:24

Becomes the residence of the kings of Israel
1 Kings 14:17; 1 Kings 15:21; 1 Kings 15:33; 1 Kings 16:6; 1 Kings 16:8-9; 1 Kings 16:15; 1 Kings 16:17; 1 Kings 16:23

Royal residence moved from
1 Kings 16:23-24

Base of military operations of Menahem
2 Kings 15:14; 2 Kings 15:16

Beauty of
Song of Solomon 6:4

1. (delight), youngest of the five daughters of Zelophehad. (Numbers 26:33; 27:1; 36:11; Joshua 17:3) (B.C. 1450.)
2. an ancient Canaanite city, whose king is enumerated among those overthrown in the conquest of the country. (Joshua 12:24) It reappears as a royal city, the residence of Jeroboam and of his successors, (1 Kings 14:17,18) and as the seat of the conspiracy of Menahem ben-Gaddi against the wretched Shallum. (2 Kings 15:16) Its reputation for beauty throughout the country must have been widespread. It is in this sense that it is spoken of in the Song of Solomon. Eusebius mentions it in connection with Menahem, and identifies it with a "village of Samaritans in Batanea." Its site is Telluzah , a place in the mountains north of Nablus .
3. one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, (Joshua 19:2) probably the same as Shema. (Joshua 15:26)
4. a city "in the district near the wilderness" to which our Lord retired with his disciples when threatened with violence by the priests. (John 11:54)