Bethshittah

Town

Location disputed Tel Salwim: about 85 km (55 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Tel Salwim Possible
  • Sleikhat Possible
  • Shatta Less likely
  • Tell Umm Hamad Less likely
  • Tell es Sa’idiyeh Less likely

Named in 1 Verse

  • Judges 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.

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