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Beth-Merhak
1 passage cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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- 2 Samuel 15:17ISBE
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
beth-mer'-hak (beth ha-merchaq; en oiko to makran, literally "a place (house) that was far off" (2Sa 15:17 the Revised Version, margin "the Far House")): A place mentioned in the account of David's flight from Absalom. No town of this name is known on the route which he followed. Some scholars think the name denotes simply the outermost of the houses of the city.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.