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Bethdiblathaim [Beth-diblatha’im] Moabite town, upon which judgement was pronounced. Jer 48:22. Perhaps the same as ALMON-DIBLATHAIM. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

BETHEL House of God, the name of a city west of Hai, on the confines of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin, Gen 12:8 28:10-22, and occupying the spot where Jacob slept and had his memorable dream, the name he then gave it superseding the old name Luz, Jdg 1:23 . Thirty years after, he … Continue reading “Bethel”

Bethdagon Name of two cities in Palestine. (1) A city (Joshua 15:41) of the tribe of Juda “in the plains”, that is, the territory below Joppa between the mountains and the Mediterranean. Its site is uncertain. (2) A city (Joshua 19:27) of Aser near Zabulon, supposed to be Tell Daæouk, southeast of Akka. ———————————– For … Continue reading “Bethdagon”

Bethcar (Heb. Beyth Kar’, , sheep-house, i.e. pasture; Sept. v. r. ), a place named as the point to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines from Mizpeh on a memorable occasion (1Sa 7:11), and therefore west of Mizpeh; apparently a Philistine guard-house or garrison. From the unusual expression under () Beth-car, it would seem that … Continue reading “Bethcar”

Bethbirei [Beth-bi’rei] Town of Simeon. 1Ch 4:31. Apparently the same as BETH-LEBAOTH in Jos 19:6. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Bethbasi (), a town which, from the mention of its decays ( ), must have been originally fortified, lying in the desert ( ), and in which Jonathan and Simon Maccabaeus took refuge from Bacchides (1Ma 9:62; 1Ma 9:64). Josephus (Ant. 13, 1, 5) has. Bethalaga, (Beth-hogla), but a reading of the passage quoted by … Continue reading “Bethbasi”

Bethbaalmeon [Beth-ba’al-me’on] See BETH-MEON. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Bethbarah (“house of the passage”) (Jdg 7:24). The point to which Ephraim took, before the Midianites, “the waters” (the streams wady Maleh, Fyadh, Jamel, Tubas, etc., descending from the E. side of the highlands of Ephraim toward the Jordan, and flowing through the Ghor to Bethbarah). Possibly, though not probably, identical with Bethbara where John … Continue reading “Bethbarah”

Bethazmaveth Neh 7:28. (See AZMAVETH.) Possibly Hizmeh, S.E. of Jeba, on the Benjamite hills. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary Bethazmaveth [Beth-azma’veth] See AZMAVETH. Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary

Bethaven (“house of nothingness or vanity”.) On the mountains of Benjamin, E. of Bethel (Jos 7:2; Jos 18:12), between it and Michmash 1Sa 13:5; 1Sa 14:23). Near it was the “wilderness,” i.e. pasture land of Bethaven (Jos 18:12.) In Hos 4:15; Hos 5:1; Hos 10:5 Bethel, “house of God,” is called Bethaven, “house of vanity”, … Continue reading “Bethaven”