Bethhoron the nether
Town · also Lower Beth-horon · today Beit Ur al Tahta
Location well established About 19 km (12 miles, 100 furlongs) northwest of Jerusalem
Named in 5 Verses
- Joshua 16:3 And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.
- Joshua 18:13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron.
- 1 Kings 9:17 And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether,
- 1 Chronicles 7:24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
- 2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
Locations from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Terrain from Natural Earth and NASA SRTM.
