Bethhaccerem

Town · also Beth-haccherem · today Ramat Rahel

Location likely About 4 km (3 miles, 24 furlongs) south of Jerusalem

Beth-haccerem in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

• Nehemiah 3:14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
• Jeremiah 6:1 O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction.

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