Type: place
It is the boundary of the tribe of Ephraim.
Josh 16:6and goes out westward to Michmethath on the north, then turns eastward to Taanath-shiloh and passes along on the east of Yanoah,Josh 16:7then it goes down from Yanoah to Ataroth) and Naarah), and touches Jericho, and goes out to the Jordan.
When it was destroyed by Assyria, the residents of this area were forcibly relocated.
2 Kgs 15:29In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Yanoah, Kedesh), Hazor), Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and he carried the people captive to Assyria.