28/08/2026
There are places in Israel where you don’t just read history—you literally walk through it.
Scythopolis, known today as Beit She’an, was one of the great cities of the Decapolis and the only Decapolis city located west of the Jordan River.
Walking its ancient streets, seeing the massive Roman theater, columns, bathhouses, and ruins gives you a glimpse into the Greco-Roman world that surrounded the ministry of Jesus.
And this place goes back even further. 1 Samuel 31 tells us that after Saul and his sons died on Mount Gilboa, their bodies were taken to the walls of Beth She’an.
Thousands of years later, the ruins are still here.
