בֵּית חוֹרֹן

bet cho.ron

Hebrew H1032 Place name 28 occurrences in 13 verses

בֵּית חוֹרֹן Beth-horon

§ Beth-horon = "house of hollowness"

two towns in Ephraim

a. Upper Beth-horon-town on the mountains of Ephraim

b. Lower Beth-horon-town located 800 feet (245 m) lower than Upper Beth-horon

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

Translation

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Old Testament

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Concordance 13 verses

Joshua 10:10 בֵית־חוֹרֹ֔ן

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.
Joshua 10:11 בֵּית־חוֹרֹן֙

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.
Joshua 16:3 בֵּית־חוֹרֹ֛ן

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.
Joshua 16:5 בֵּ֥יתחוֹרֹ֖ן

This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
Joshua 18:13 לְבֵית־חֹר֖וֹן

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.
Joshua 18:14 בֵית־חֹרוֹן֮

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.
Joshua 21:22 בֵּ֥יתחוֹרֹ֖ן

Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
1 Samuel 13:18 בֵּ֣יתחֹר֑וֹן

another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
1 Kings 9:17 בֵּ֥יתחֹרֹ֖ן

So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles 6:68 בֵּ֥יתחוֹר֖וֹן

Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles 7:24 בֵּית־חוֹר֛וֹן

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
2 Chronicles 8:5 בֵּ֤יתחוֹרוֹן֙בֵּ֥יתחוֹר֖וֹן

He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
2 Chronicles 25:13 בֵּ֣יתחוֹר֑וֹן

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.