Bathrabbim

Gate

Location disputed Tell Hesban: about 55 km (35 miles) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tell Hesban Possible
  • Tall Jalul Possible
  • Tall al Umayri Less likely

Bath-rabbim in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 1 Verse

  • Song of Solomon 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.