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31°49′56″N 35°09′07″E  /  31.83222°N 35.15194°E  / 31.83222; 35.15194 Error: no context parameter provided. Use for "other uses" hatnotes.1Beeroth (Hebrew: בארות) is a Biblical town with no known modern ruins. It is by description north and west of Jerusalem about seven miles.2 The town was an ancient Hivite settlement, and is mentioned in Joshua 9:17, 18:25, 2 Samuel 4:2, Ezra 2:25 and Nehemiah 7:29. Because there are no known ruins for Beeroth, the location of the town is disputed. The most noted source materials are the texts of the Bible, the Onomastikon of Eusbius , the annotations of this same text by Jerome, and the Madaba Map . The town was part of an Hivite confederacy under the apparent rule of Gibeon, "a royal city" that sued for peace after the Hebrews destroyed Jericho and Ai as described in Joshua 9. Later much of the area taken in this initial campaign (including Beeroth) was given to Benjamin as inheritance in Joshua 18. The town was then inhabited until the Captivity of Judah in 586 BCE, and the people of this town returned to the area 70 years later as referenced in Ezra and Nehemiah. Whether they re-built and inhabited the town is not described in the text.3Although the most accepted modern location for Beeroth is El-Bireh , newly reconsidered evidence suggests that it may rather be modern Bidu , or slightly east of Bidu.4
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Use for "other uses" hatnotes. ( help ). 31°49′56″N 35°09′07″E  /  31.83222°N 35.15194°E  / 31.83222; 35.15194 Beeroth (Hebrew: בארות) (Be'erot, lit."wells") was a Biblical town seven miles northwest of Jerusalem . The town 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. Because there are no known ruins for Beeroth, the location of the town is disputed. The most noted source materials are the texts of the Bible, the Onomastikon of Eusbius , the annotations of this same text by Jerome, and the Madaba Map The distance Eusebius gives puts Beeroth somewhere between modern Biddu and Nebi Samwil . The town was part of an Hivite confederacy under the apparent rule of Gibeon, "a royal city" that sued for peace after the Hebrews destroyed Jericho and Ai as described in Joshua 9. Later much of the area taken in this initial campaign (including Beeroth) was given to Benjamin as inheritance in Joshua 18. The town was then inhabited until the Babylonian captivity in 586 BCE, and the people of this town returned to the area 70 years later as referenced in Ezra and Nehemiah. Whether they re-built and inhabited the town is not described in the text. Although the most accepted modern location for Beeroth is El-Bireh , new evidence suggests that it may be modern Biddu , or slightly east of Biddu.Another town named Beeroth is mentioned in Deuteronomy 10:6.
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"wells"; in LXX ) was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem . 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. Because there are no known ruins for Beeroth, the location of the city is disputed. The most noted source materials are the texts of the Bible, the Onomastikon of Eusebius , the annotations of this same text by Jerome, and the Madaba Map The distance Eusebius gives puts Beeroth somewhere between modern Biddu and Nebi Samwil . The city was part of an Hivite confederacy under the apparent rule of Gibeon, "a royal city" that sued for peace after the Hebrews destroyed Jericho and Ai as described in Joshua 9. Later much of the area taken in this initial campaign (including Beeroth) was given to Benjamin as inheritance in Joshua 18. Beeroth may have been the place to which Gideon 's youngest son, Joatham or Jotham, fled to escape from Abimelech after his 69 brothers had been killed (Judges 9:21). The town was then inhabited until the Babylonian captivity in 586 BCE, and the people of this town returned to the area 70 years later as referenced in Ezra and Nehemiah. Whether they re-built and inhabited the town is not described in the text. Although the most accepted modern location for Beeroth is Al-Bireh , new evidence suggests that it may be modern Biddu , or slightly east of Biddu. 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.
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"wells"; in LXX ) was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem . 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. 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.
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"wells"; in LXX Ancient Greek : Βηρωθ ) was a Biblical city seven miles northwest of Jerusalem . 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. 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.
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