Taanach is one of the cities allotted to the tribe of Manasseh.
Joshua 17:11In Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had possessions: Beth Shan and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor) and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages—three hilly regions.
1 Chronicles 7:29And near the border of the descendants of Manasseh were Beth Shan and its surrounding villages, Taanach and its surrounding villages, Megiddo and its surrounding villages, and Dor) and its surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph), the son of Israel, lived in these places.
Its surrounding area was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh within the region allotted to the tribe of Issachar, and among these, it was allotted to the Levites.
Joshua 21:25And from the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Taanach with its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon) with its pasturelands—two cities.
During the Canaanite conquest, the king of Taanach who ruled this place was defeated.
Joshua 12:21the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;
However, the book of Judges indicates that the native Canaanite inhabitants of this region were not completely driven out.
Judges 1:27Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shan and its dependent villages, nor Taanach and its dependent villages, nor Dor and its dependent villages, nor Ibleam and its dependent villages, nor Megiddo and its dependent villages; but the Canaanites were determined to live in that land.
In the time of Solomon, it was one of the royal