Beeroth

Identified as

Khirbet el Burj

Certainty

Uncertain (25% of scholarship) · 7 other possible locations

Coordinates

31.824° N, 35.187° E

Beeroth· Beerothite· Beer

• בֵּרֹתִי·Beeroth
• בְּאֵר·Beermeans “a well”
• בְּאֵרוֹת·Beeroth
• בְּאֵרֹתִי·Beeroth

1. Joshua 9:17בְּאֵרוֹת · Beeroth
   So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities—Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
2. Joshua 18:25בְּאֵרוֹת · Beeroth
   Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,
3. Judges 9:21בְּאֵר · Beer
   Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
4. 2 Samuel 4:2בְּאֵרוֹת · Beeroth; בְּאֵרֹתִי · Beeroth
   Saul’s son had two men who were leaders of raiding parties. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab; they were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of the tribe of Benjamin—Beeroth is considered part of Benjamin,
5. 2 Samuel 4:3בְּאֵרֹתִי · Beeroth
   …because the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have lived there as foreigners to this day.
6. 2 Samuel 4:5בְּאֵרֹתִי · Beeroth
   Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.
7. 2 Samuel 4:9בְּאֵרֹתִי · Beeroth
   But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
8. 2 Samuel 23:37בְּאֵרֹתִי · Beeroth
   Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
9. 1 Chronicles 11:39בֵּרֹתִי · Beeroth
   Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
10. Ezra 2:25בְּאֵרוֹת · Beeroth
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;
11. Nehemiah 7:29בְּאֵרוֹת · Beeroth
    …the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743;