Bethanath

Town

Location disputed Safad el Battikh: about 160 km (100 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Safad el Battikh Possible
  • Bi’ina Less likely
  • Hinah Less likely

Beth-anath in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
  • Judges 1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

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