Betharabah

Town

Location disputed Ain el Gharabeh: about 26 km (16 miles, 140 furlongs) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Ain el Gharabeh Possible
  • Rujm el Bahr Less likely
  • Tell Muhalhal Less likely

Beth-arabah in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 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,

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