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Beth-horon
(Encyclopedia)Beth-horon bĕth-hōˈrən [key], in the Bible, name of two neighboring towns on the northerly road from Lod to Jerusalem. They are the modern Beit Ur at Tahta and Beit Ur al Fawga in the West Bank. I...Sherah
(Encyclopedia)Sherah shēˈrə [key], in the Bible, daughter of Ephraim. She built Beth-horon and the unidentified Uzzen-sheerah. ...Adasa
(Encyclopedia)Adasa ădˈəsā [key], in First Maccabees, a town, near Beth-horon, and place of encampment of Judas Maccabaeus. ...Japhleti
(Encyclopedia)Japhleti jăflēˈtī [key], in the Bible, clan, in a region between Ataroth-adar and lower Beth-horon, probably in the vicinity of the present-day Ramallah (West Bank). It was either of Canaanite ori...Archite
(Encyclopedia)Archite ärˈkī [key], in the Bible, clan that owned Ataroth between Bethel and Beth-horon, on the boundary between Ephraim and Benjamin. Hushai, David's friend, was a member of the clan. ...Browse by Subject
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