Farwana
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| Arabic | فرونه |
| Name meaning | Tellûl Farwanah, the mounds of Farwannah, p.n. |
| Also spelled | Khirbet Farwana, Rohob, Rehob, Tel Rehov |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Coordinates | 32°27′47″N 35°29′37″E / 32.46306°N 35.49361°ECoordinates: 32°27′47″N 35°29′37″E / 32.46306°N 35.49361°E |
| Palestine grid | 196/207 |
| Population | 330 (1945) |
| Area | 4,996 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 11 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | RechovChawwat Eden |
Farwana (Arabic: فرونه), was a Palestinian village, located 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) south of Bisan, depopulated in 1948.
Identified with the ancient city of Rehov, extant during Egyptian rule over Canaan in the second millennium BCE, archaeological sites located on the former village's lands include Tell es-Sarem (i.e. Tel Rehov) and the remains of a synagogue from the third century CE.
Identification of Tel Rehov with the Rehob of the Egyptian texts was based on the preservation of the name at the nearby Islamic holy tomb of esh-Sheikh er-Rihab (1 kilometer to the south of the tel) and the existence of the ruins of a Byzantine era Jewish town of the same name (Rohob), 1 kilometer northwest of Tel Rehov, mentioned by Eusebius as being in the fourth mile from Bisan.Khirbet Farwana (Khirbet meaning "site of ruins" in Arabic) is also associated with Rohob.
Remains from the Byzantine era have been excavated here.
In 1517, Farina was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Gawr of the Liwa of Ajlun. It had a population of 80 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, sesame, goats or beehives, and water buffaloes, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 13,000 akçe.
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