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Betharabah
(house of the desert), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated down in the Arabah, the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea, (Joshua 15:61) on the north border of the tribe. It is also included in the list of the towns of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:22)
In the Bible
3
Verses where Betharabah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Joshua 15:6
went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.
- Joshua 15:61
These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
- Joshua 18:22
Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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