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Bethhoron the upper

Town · also Upper Beth-horon · today Beit Ur al Fauqa

Location well established About 17 km (10 miles, 90 furlongs) northwest of Jerusalem

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 16:5 And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper;
  • 2 Chronicles 8:5 Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

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