Bible Dictionary
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Beth-anath
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A fortified city in the territory of Naphtali. The Canaanites were not expelled from it, and it may have preserved the name of the Canaanite goddess Anath.
Beth-anoth
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town in the hill country of Judah, near Hebron, included among Judah’s cities.
Beth-arabah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town in the wilderness of Judah near the Jordan and Dead Sea, later included among Benjamin’s cities. Its exact site is uncertain.
Beth-aram
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town of Gad east of the Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was probably the same place as Beth-haran and was later called Livias or Julias.
Beth-arbel
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place mentioned by Hosea as the scene of a devastating military disaster. Its exact location and the identity of Shalman are uncertain.
Beth-aven
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place in Benjamin east of Bethel and near Ai and Michmash. Hosea also used the name mockingly for Bethel because of its idolatry.
Beth-barah
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A ford or crossing associated with Gideon’s pursuit of the Midianites. Its precise location is uncertain, and it has sometimes been connected with the New Testament Bethany beyond the Jordan.
BETH-BIRI
Places & Geography - Old Testament
An unidentified town assigned to Simeon in the Negeb. Beth-biri, mentioned in 1 Chronicles, is identified with Beth-lebaoth in Joshua 19:6.
Beth-car
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place near which Israel pursued the Philistines after Samuel’s victory at Mizpeh.
Beth-dagon
Places & Geography - Old Testament
Beth-dagon, “house of Dagon,” was the name of towns in Judah and on the border of Asher. The name may indicate a place associated with Dagon worship.
Beth-diblathaim
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town of Moab mentioned in Jeremiah’s prophecy of judgment. It is probably the same place as Almon-diblathaim.
BETH-EMEK
Places & Geography - Old Testament
An unidentified town in the territory of Zebulun, mentioned in Joshua 19:27. It was probably located east of Acre near Kabul.
BETH-EZEL
Places & Geography - Old Testament
An unidentified place named among towns of the Philistine plain in Micah 1:11. Its name means “adjoining house.”
BETH-GADER
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A name occurring between Bethlehem and Kiriath-jearim in 1 Chronicles 2:51. It may be the same as Geder mentioned in Joshua 12:13, though this is uncertain.
Beth-gamul
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A town of Moab named in Jeremiah’s prophecy alongside Dibon, Kiriathaim, and Beth-meon. Its precise location is uncertain.
Beth-gilgal
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place called the house of Gilgal, from which people came to help celebrate the completion of Jerusalem’s wall after the exile.
Beth-haccerem
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A place in Judah associated with vineyards and with a beacon warning of Babylon’s invasion. It is commonly identified with the region of Ain Karim, though the identification is uncertain.
BETH-HACCHEREM
Places & Geography - Old Testament
A district associated with Tekoa and Jerusalem, whose name means “place of the vineyard.” It was ruled by Malchijah and may have served as a signal or beacon station.
BETH-HAGGAN
Places & Geography - Old Testament
The “garden house,” the place where Ahaziah was slain by Jehu. Its location is uncertain, and the expression may be either a place-name or a description.
BETH-HARAM
Places & Geography - Old Testament
An Amorite city east of the Jordan, taken and fortified by the Gadites. It was later called Livias and Julias and is represented by Tell er-Rameh in Wady Chesban.
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