Betharam

Town · also Beth-haram · today Tall Iktanu

Location likely Tall Iktanu: about 40 km (26 miles) east of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tall Iktanu Likely
  • Tall er Rama Possible

Beth-aram in the Bible Dictionary

Named in 2 Verses

  • Numbers 32:36 And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep.
  • Joshua 13:27 And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

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