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Beth-barah
House of crossing, a place south of the scene of Gideon’s victory (Judg 7:24). It was probably the chief ford of the Jordan in that district, and may have been that by which Jacob crossed when he returned from Mesopotamia, near the Jabbok (Gen 32:22), and at which Jephthah slew the Ephraimites (Judg 12:4). Nothing, however, is certainly known of it. (See Bethabara.)
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- Judges 7:24 And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
