Bethhoglah
Town · today Deir Hajla
Location likely Deir Hajla: about 26 km (16 miles, 140 furlongs) east of Jerusalem
Where Scholars Place It
- Deir Hajla Likely
- Ain Hajlah Possible
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 18:19 And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.
- Joshua 18:21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
