Topic
Beeroth
10 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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- Joshua 9:17Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. A city of the Hivites
And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
- Joshua 18:25Easton · ISBE · Nave 2. A city of the Hivites
Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
- 2 Samuel 4:2ISBE · Nave 2. A city of the Hivites
And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
- Ezra 2:25ISBE · Nave 2. A city of the Hivites
The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
- Nehemiah 7:29ISBE · Nave 2. A city of the Hivites
The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
- Deuteronomy 10:6Nave 1. A station of the Israelites. Aaron died at
¶ And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.
- Joshua 9:3ISBE
¶ And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- Joshua 9:7ISBE
And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
- 2 Samuel 23:37ISBE
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
- 1 Chronicles 11:39ISBE
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
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.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 10 references
be-e'-roth, be'-er-oth (be'eroth; Beroth): One of the cities of the Canaanites whose inhabitants succeeded in deceiving Israel, and in making a covenant with them (Jos 9:3 ff). Apparently they were Hivites (Jos 9:7). The occasion on which the Beerothites fled to Gittaim where they preserved their communal identity is not indicated. The town was reckoned to Benjamin (2Sa 4:2 f). Eusebius, Onomasticon places it under Gibeon, 7 Roman miles from Jerusalem on the way to Nicopolis (Amwas). If we follow the old road by way of Gibeon (el-Jib) and Bethhoron, Beeroth would lie probably to the Northwest of el-Jib. The traditional identification is with el-Bireh, about 8 miles from Jerusalem on the great north road. If the order in which the towns are mentioned (Jos 9:17; 18:25) is any guide as to position, el-Bireh is too far to the Northwest. The identification is precarious. To Beeroth belonged the murderers of Ish-bosheth (2Sa 4:2), and Naharai, Joab's armor- bearer (2Sa 23:37; 1Ch 11:39). It was reoccupied after the Exile (Ezr 2:25; Ne 7:29).
W. Ewing
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.