Beeroth (biblical city)

For other uses, see Beeroth (disambiguation).

31°49′56″N 35°09′07″E / 31.83222°N 35.15194°E / 31.83222; 35.15194

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bȝ(j)rtw[1][2]
in hieroglyphs
Era: New Kingdom
(1550–1069 BC)

Beeroth (Hebrew: בְּאֵרוֹת; Be'erot, lit. "wells"; in LXX Ancient Greek: Βηρωθ) was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem.[3] The city was an ancient Hivite settlement, and is mentioned in Joshua 9:17, 18:25, 2 Samuel 4:2-3, Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29. Another town named Beeroth is mentioned in Deuteronomy 10:6.

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 2. p. 2.
  2. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 977.
  3. ^ "Locating Biblical Bethel Correctly - Part II". Archived from the original on 2010-11-16. Retrieved 2009-10-06.