Beth-arabah
Beth-arabah
(Heb. Beyth ha-Arabah’, , house of the desert; Sept. v. r. and ; in Jos 18:22, v. r. ), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Arabah, i.e. the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (wilderness, Jos 15:61), on the north border of the tribe, and apparently between Beth-hoglah and the high land on the west of the Jordan valley (Jos 15:6). It was afterward included in the list of the towns of Benjamin (Jos 18:22). It is elsewhere (Jos 18:18) called simply ARABAH SEE ARABAH (q.v.). It seems to be extant in the ruins called Kusr Hajla, a little south-west of the site of Beth-hoglah (q.v.).
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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 afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah (Josh. 18:18).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Beth-Arabah
Jos 15:6; Jos 15:61. One of the six cities of Judah, situated in the Arabah or sunken valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea; between Bethhoglah and the high land on the W. Included in Benjamin (Jos 18:22).
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Beth-Arabah
BETH-ARABAH (place of the Arabah [wh. see], Jos 15:6; Jos 15:61; Jos 18:22).A place in the Jericho plain, apparently north of Beth-hoglah, in the wilderness. The name has not been recovered.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Beth-Arabah
beth-ara-ba ( , beth ha-arabhah; , Baitharaba, place of the Arabah):
(1) One of the 6 cities of Judah in the wilderness (Jos 15:61), on the borders of Benjamin and Judah (Jos 15:6; Jos 18:18 Septuagint). The wilderness of Judah is the barren land West of the Dead Sea. Beth-arabah is not yet identified.
(2) One of the cities of Benjamin (Jos 18:22). Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus) reads Baithabara, and this may be correct. The names are early confounded. See BETHABARA.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beth-Arabah
H1026
A city in the valley of the Dead Sea
Jos 15:6; Jos 15:61; Jos 18:22
Called Arabah
Jos 18:18
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Beth-arabah
Beth-ar’abah. (house of the desert). One of the six cities of Judah, which were situated down in the Arabah, the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea, Jos 15:61, on the north border of the tribe. It is also included in the list of the towns of Benjamin. Jos 18:22.