§ Beth-horon = "house of hollowness" two towns in Ephraim 1a) Upper Beth-horon-town on the mountains of Ephraim 1b) Lower Beth-horon-town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon
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bet cho.ron · Beth-horon · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Joshua 10:10 · בֵית־ · חוֹרֹ֔ןYahweh confused them before Israel, and he killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them to Azekah and to Makkedah.Joshua 10:11 · בֵּית־ · חוֹרֹן֙It happened, as they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth Horon, that Yahweh cast down great stones from the sky on them to Azekah, and they died. There were more who died from the hailstones than who the children of Israel killed with the sword.Joshua 16:3 · בֵּית־ · חוֹרֹ֛ןand it went down westward to the border of the Japhletites, to the border of Beth Horon the lower, even to Gezer; and ended at the sea.Joshua 16:5 · בֵּ֥ית · חוֹרֹ֖ןThis was the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families. The border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth Addar, to Beth Horon the upper.Joshua 18:13 · לְבֵית־ · חֹר֖וֹןThe border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.Joshua 18:14 · בֵית־ · חֹרוֹן֮The border extended, and turned around on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lies before Beth Horon southward; and ended at Kiriath Baal (the same is Kiriath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west quarter.Joshua 21:22 · בֵּ֥ית · חוֹרֹ֖ןKibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs; four cities.1 Samuel 13:18 · בֵּ֣ית · חֹר֑וֹןand another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.1 Kings 9:17 · בֵּ֥ית · חֹרֹ֖ןSolomon built Gezer, and Beth Horon the lower,1 Chronicles 6:68 · בֵּ֥ית · חוֹר֖וֹןand Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth Horon with its suburbs,1 Chronicles 7:24 · בֵּית־ · חוֹר֛וֹןHis daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.2 Chronicles 8:5 · בֵּ֤ית · חוֹרוֹן֙ · בֵּ֥ית · חוֹר֖וֹןAlso he built Beth Horon the upper, and Beth Horon the lower, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;2 Chronicles 25:13 · בֵּ֣ית · חוֹר֑וֹןBut the men of the army whom Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth Horon, and struck of them three thousand, and took much spoil.