En-gannim

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  En-gannim
     fountain of gardens. (1.) A town in the plains of Judah (Josh.
     15:34), north-west of Jerusalem, between Zanoah and Tappuah. It
     is the modern Umm Jina.
     
       (2.) A city on the border of Machar (Josh. 19:21), allotted to


     the Gershonite Levites (21:29). It is identified with the modern
     Jenin, a large and prosperous town of about 4,000 inhabitants,
     situated 15 miles south of Mount Tabor, through which the road
     from Jezreel to Samaria and Jerusalem passes. When Ahaziah, king
     of Judah, attempted to escape from Jehu, he "fled by the way of
     the garden house" i.e., by way of En-gannim. Here he was
     overtaken by Jehu and wounded in his chariot, and turned aside
     and fled to Megiddo, a distance of about 20 miles, to die there.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  En-gannim, eye, or fountain, of protection or of gardens