Beth-horon Lower

Certainty

Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)

Coordinates

31.895° N, 35.084° E

Beth-Horon

• בֵּית חוֹרֹן·Beth-horonmeans “house of wrath”
• בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן·Beth-horon Lower

1. Joshua 10:10בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
2. Joshua 10:11בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
3. Joshua 16:3בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן · Beth-horon Lower
   Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
4. Joshua 18:13בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן · Beth-horon Lower
   From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.
5. Joshua 18:14בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
6. Joshua 21:22בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
7. 1 Samuel 13:18בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   …another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
8. 1 Kings 9:17בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן · Beth-horon Lower
   So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
9. 1 Chronicles 6:68בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
   Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
10. 1 Chronicles 7:24בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן · Beth-horon Lower
    His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
11. 2 Chronicles 8:5בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H8481G«H8481=תַּחְתּוֹן · Beth-horon Lower
    He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
12. 2 Chronicles 25:13בֵּית חוֹרֹן · Beth-horon
    Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.