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Beth-arabah
House of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Josh 18:22). In Josh 15:61 it is said to have been “in the wilderness.” It was afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah (Josh 18:18).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- Joshua 15:6 And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:
- Joshua 15:61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
- Joshua 18:22 And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
