en_tn/2sa/21/12.md

# Jabesh Gilead

Jabesh is a town in the region of Gilead. See how you translated this in [2 Samuel 2:4](../02/04.md).

# the public square

This is an area near the city gate where people did various kinds of business.

# Beth Shan

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Gilboa

See how you translated the name of this place in [2 Samuel 1:6](../01/06.md).

# who had been hanged

This can be translated in active form. AT: "whom the Gibeonites executed by hanging" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gilead]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/philistines]]