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Place · City

Beeroth

Named in 6 verses across 4 books, first in Joshua 9:17.

Where

Coordinates

31.9001° N, 35.2167° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The dataset gives no precision for this point.

The dataset’s editors marked this place as not identifiable with a known site.

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Part of

Benjamin (Territory)

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Jacob (Israel)1 shared verse
Saul1 shared verse
Benjamin (patriarch)1 shared verse
Joabson of Zeruiah1 shared verse
Zeruiah1 shared verse
Rechabson of Rimmon1 shared verse
Baanahson of Rimmon1 shared verse
Rimmon1 shared verse
Naharai1 shared verse
Zelek1 shared verse

In the Bible

All 2 verses in Joshua, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Joshua

Joshua 9:17
So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
Joshua 18:25
Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

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Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.

In the Bible

Joshua

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