Beth-arabah
House of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Josh. 18:22). In Josh. 15:61 it is said to have been “in the wilderness.” It was afterward…
Beth-aram
House of the height; i.e., “mountain-house”, one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho (Josh. 13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in Num. 32:36. It was called by king Hero…
Beth-arbel
House of God’s court, a place alluded to by Hosea (10:14) as the scene of some great military exploit, but not otherwise mentioned in Scripture. The Shalman here named was probably Shalmaneser, the k…
Beth-aven
House of nothingness; i.e., “of idols”, a place in the mountains of Benjamin, east of Bethel (Josh. 7:2; 18:12; 1 Sam. 13:5). In Hos. 4:15; 5:8; 10:5 it stands for “Bethel” (q.v.), and it is so calle…
Beth-azmaveth
house of death's strength
Beth-baal-meon
BETH-BA'AL-ME'ON . Josh 13:17. See Baal-meon.
Beth-baalmeon
an idol of the dwelling-place
Beth-barah
House of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg. 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he re…
Beth-birei
BETH'-BIR'EI (house of my creation), a town of Simeon, 1 Chr 4:31; probably same as Beth-lebaoth and Lebaoth. Josh 19:6; Josh 15:32, in the south of Palestine; probably Bireh.
Beth-car
Sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:11).
Beth-dagon
House of Dagon. (1.) A city in the low country or plain of Judah, near Philistia (Josh. 15:41); the modern Beit Degan, about 5 miles from Lydda. (2.) A city near the south-east border of Asher (Josh.…
Beth-diblathaim
House of two cakes of figs, a city of Moab, upon which Jeremiah (48:22) denounced destruction. It is called also Almon-diblathaim (Num. 33:46) and Diblath (Ezek. 6:14). (R.V., “Diblah.”)
Beth-el
the house of God
Beth-emek
BETH-E'MEK (house of the valley), a town of Asher, Josh 19:27; possibly Amkah. 8 miles north-east of Akka.
Beth-ezal
a neighbor's house
Beth-ezel
BETH-E'ZEL (house of firm root). Mic 1:11. Speaker's Commentary identifies it with Azal, near Jerusalem.
Beth-gader
BETH-GA'DER (house of the wall), possibly a place in Judah. 1 Chr 11:51; now Jedur. See Geder. Traditional Pool of Bethesda. (Birket-Israel. After a Photograph by Bonfils.)
Beth-gamul
Camel-house, a city in the “plain country” of Moab denounced by the prophet (Jer. 48:23); probably the modern Um-el-Jemal, near Bozrah, one of the deserted cities of the Hauran.
Beth-gilgal
House of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of celebrating the rebuilding of the walls on the return exile (Neh. 12:29). (See GILGAL.)
Beth-haccerem
House of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians (Jer. 6:1). It is …
Beth-haran
BETH-HA'RAN . See Beth-aram .
Beth-hogla
BETH-HOG'LA, or HOG'LAH (partridge-house), a town of Benjamin, Josh 15:6; Josh 18:19, 2 Chr 11:21; now 'Ain Hajla, between Jericho and the Jordan.
Beth-horon
House of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or villages (2 Chr. 8:5; 1 Chr. 7:24) in the territory of Ephraim, on the way from Jerusalem to Joppa. They are distinguished as Beth-horo…
Beth-jeshimoth
House of wastes, or deserts, a town near Abel-shittim, east of Jordan, in the desert of Moab, where the Israelites encamped not long before crossing the Jordan (Num. 33:49; A.V., “Bethjesimoth”). It …
Beth-jesimoth
BETH-JES'IMOTH, and JESH'IMOTH (house of wastes), a town of Moab. Num 33:49; Josh 12:3; Josh 13:20; Eze 25:9. Schwarz places it at Beth-Jisimuth, north-east of the Dead Sea; Merrill, at Ain Suweimeh;…
Beth-le-aphrah
(R.V. Micah 1:10), house of dust. The Authorized Version reads “in the house of Aphrah.” This is probably the name of a town in the Shephelah, or “low country,” between Joppa and Gaza.
Beth-lebaoth
BETH-LEB'AOTH (house of lionesses). See Beth-birei.
Beth-lehem
house of bread
Beth-maachah
BETH-MA'ACHAH 2 Sam 20:14-15 Same as Abel-beth-maachah, Abel-maim, and Abel; now Abel el-Kamh, a village north-west of Lake Merom. Grove supposes Maachah was a petty Syrian kingdom north of Palestine.
Beth-marcaboth
BETH-MAR'CABOTH (house of chariots), a town in the south of Judah. Josh 19:5; 1 Chr 4:13. Rowland identifies it with el-Murtabeh, 10 miles south-west of Beer-sheba.