BEAN. It is said in the first book of Maccabees, Ch. v. 4, 6. that the Children of Bean were a shame and an offence unto the people of Israel, they having laid ambushes for them in their way. We do not know whether Bean is the name of a Man or a City. Some think it is the name of a City called Bean, beyond Jordan. Numb. xxxii. 3. Others, that Bean is put for Batanæa; others again, that it is the name of a Man.
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