HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1009
בֵּית אַֽרְבֵֿאל
bet ar.bel — Beth-arbel
§ Beth-Arbel = "house of God's Ambush" a place in Palestine, perhaps Gilead or Galilee
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Beth-arbel
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
House of God’s court, a place alluded to by Hosea (10:14) as the scene of some great military exploit, but not otherwise mentioned in Scripture. The Shalman here named was probably Shalmaneser, the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:3).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.