beth-hog'-la (beth-choghlah; Septuagint Baithaglaam, "house of partridge"): Mentioned inJos 15:6;18:19, identified with Ain Haijab ("partridge spring") lying between Jericho and the Jordan, where in 1874 there was still a ruined Greek monastery called Kasr Hajlah, dating from the 12th century. The ruins are now destroyed. InJos 15:5;18:19it is said to be at the mouth of the Jordan on a Tongue (Lisan) of the Salt Sea. But it is now several miles inland, probably because the Jordan has silt edition up a delta to that extent.
SeeDEAD SEA.
George Frederick Wright