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Beth-horon

Where Beth-horon sits on the map, and the 7 verses where it appears, in biblical order and linked to the full chapter.

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Identified with
Beit Ur al Tahta
Coordinates
31.8950, 35.0836
Mentions
7 mentions

Coordinates and the modern identification come from the open atlas at OpenBible.info. For regions, peoples and large features there is no identification: the marked point only places the area on the map, and stands for neither a particular site nor its boundaries.

Passages where it appears

7 verses, in biblical order.

Joshua

  • Joshua 10:10

    And the Lord set them in disarray before the face of Israel. And he crushed them in a great defeat at Gibeon, and he pursued them along the way of the ascent to Beth-horon, and he struck them down, even as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

  • Joshua 10:11

    And while they were fleeing from the sons of Israel, and were on the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord cast great stones from heaven upon them, as far as Azekah. And many more were killed by the hailstones, than were struck down by the swords of the sons of Israel.

  • Joshua 18:14

    And it turns aside, circling toward the sea, to the south of the mountain which looks out toward Beth-horon, toward the southwest. And its exits are toward Kiriath-baal, which is also called Kiriath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah. This is their region, toward the sea, in the west.

  • Joshua 21:22

    and Kibzaim, and Beth-horon, with their suburbs, four cities;

1 Samuel

  • 1 Samuel 13:18

    Then another entered along the way of Beth-horon. But the third turned itself to the way of the border, overhanging the valley of Zeboim, opposite the desert.

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

  • 2 Chronicles 25:13

    But the army that Amaziah had sent away, so that they would not go with him into battle, spread out among the cities of Judah, from Samaria as far as Beth-horon. And having killed three thousand, they took away much plunder.

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