International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Beth-Haran

beth-ha'-ran (beth haran): A fenced city East of the Jordan (Nu 32:36) identical withBETH-HARAM, which see.

380

Beth-Hoglah

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...

381

Beth-Horon

beth-ho'-ron (beth-choron (other Hebrew forms occur); Bethoron, probably the "place of the hollow"; compare Hauran, "the hollow"):1. The Ancient Towns:The name of two towns, Bet...

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Beth-Horon, The Battle Of

1. The Political Situation2. Joshua's Strategy3. Joshua's Command to the Sun and Moon4. The Astronomical Relations of the Sun and Moon5. The "Silence" of the Sun6. "Yahweh Fough...

383

Beth-Jeshimoth

beth-jesh'-i-moth (beth ha-yeshimoth; Codex Vaticanus, Haisimoth; Codex Alexandrinus, Asimoth, and other variants (see DB, under the word)): Mentioned as the point in the south ...

384

Beth-Leaphrah

beth-le-af'-ra (beth le`aphrah; Septuagint ex oikou kata gelota, "house of dust"): The name of a place found only inMic 1:10. From the connection in which it is used it was prob...

385

Beth-Lebaoth

beth-le-ba'-oth, beth-leb'-aoth (beth lebha'oth; Baithalbath, "house of lionesses"): A town in the territory of Simeon (Jos 19:6). In1Ch 4:31the name is given as Beth-birei: the...

386

Beth-Lehemite

beth'-le-hem-it (beth ha-lachmi): An inhabitant of Bethlehem, a town in Judah, 5 miles South of Jerusalem. Jesse is so named in1Sa 16:18;17:58, and Elhanan in2Sa 21:19. The chil...

387

Beth-Lomon

beth-lo'-mon (Baithlomon; Codex Vaticanus, Rhagethlomon): The inhabitants of this city are mentioned as returning with Zerubbabel from Babylon (1 Esdras 5:17). It is the city of...

388

Beth-Maacah

beth-ma'-a-ka.SeeABEL-BETH-MAACAH.

389

Beth-Marcaboth

beth-mar'-ka-both (beth ha-markabhoth; Baithmachereb, "the house of chariots"): Mentioned along with Hazar-susah, "the station of horses" (Jos 19:5;1Ch 4:31) as cities in the Ne...

390

Beth-Meon

beth-me'-on: A city of Moab (Jer 48:23), identical withBAAL-MEON(which see).

391

Beth-Merhak

beth-mer'-hak (beth ha-merchaq; en oiko to makran, literally "a place (house) that was far off" (2Sa 15:17the Revised Version, margin "the Far House")): A place mentioned in the...

392

Beth-Millo

beth-mil'-o.SeeJERUSALEM.

393

Beth-Nimrah

beth-nim'-ra (beth nimrah, "house of leopard,"Nu 32:36, but in verseNu 32:3it is simply Nimrah): InJos 13:27the full name appears. InIsa 15:6the name appears as Nimrim, identifi...

394

Beth-Palet

beth-pa'-let.SeeBETH-PELET.

395

Beth-Pazzez

beth-paz'-ez (beth patstsets; Bersaphes, Baithphrasee): A town in the territory of Issachar, named with En-gannim and En- haddah (Jos 19:21). The site has not been discovered; i...

396

Beth-Pelet

beth-pe'-let (beth-peleT; Baithphaleth, "house of escape"; the King James Version Beth-palet;Jos 15:27, Beth-phelet, the King James VersionNe 11:26): One of "the uttermost citie...

397

Beth-Peor

beth-pe'-or (beth pe`or; oikos Phogor; in Joshua (Vaticanus), Baithphogor, or beth-): "Over against Beth-peor" the Israelites were encamped, "beyond the Jordan, in the valley," ...

398

Beth-Phelet

beth-fe'-let.SeeBETH-PELET.

399

Beth-Rapha

beth-ra'-fa (beth rapha'; B, ho Bathraia, Bathrepha): The name occurs only in the genealogical list in1Ch 4:12. It does not seem possible now to associate it with any particular...

400

Beth-Rehob

beth-re'-hob (beth-rechobh; ho oikos Rhaab): An Aramean town and district which, along with Zobah and Maacah, assisted Ammon against David (2Sa 10:6,8, Rehob). It is probably id...

401

Beth-Shean; Beth-Shan

beth-she'-an, beth'-shan (beth-shan, or [beth-she'an]; in Apocrypha Baithsan or Bethsa): A city in the territory of Issachar assigned to Manasseh, out of which the Canaanites we...

402

Beth-Shemesh

beth-she'-mesh, beth'-shemesh (beth-shemesh; Baithsamus, "house of the sun"): This name for a place doubtless arose in every instance from the presence of a sanctuary of the sun...

403

Beth-Shemite

beth-she'-mit beth-shimshi (1Sa 6:14,20): An inhabitant of Beth-shemesh in Judah (compareBETH-SHEMESH 1).

404

Beth-Shittah

beth-shit'-a (beth ha-shiTTah, "house of the acacia"): A place on the route followed by the Midianites in their flight before Gideon (Jud 7:22). It is probably identical with th...

405

Beth-Tappuah

beth-tap'-u-a (beth-tappuach; Beththapphoue, "place of apples" (see howeverAPPLE)); A town in the hill country of Judah (Jos 15:53), probably near Hebron (el Tappuah,1Ch 2:43), ...