BETH PALET to BETH SHEAN

BETHPALET

A city in Judah Jos 15:27

Called BETHPHELET Ne 11:26

BETHPAZZEZ

A town of the territory of the tribe of Issachar Jos 19:21

BETHPEOR

house of Peor; i.e., "temple of Baalpeor", a place in Moab, on the east of Jordan, opposite Jericho. It was in the tribe of Reuben (Josh. 13:20; Deut. 3:29; 4:46).

In the "ravine" or valley over against Bethpeor Moses was probably buried (Deut. 34:6).

A place in the territory of the tribe of Reuben Deut 3:29; 4:46; 34:6

Near the burial place of Moses Jos 13:20

BETHPHAGE

house of the unripe fig, a village on the Mount of Olives, on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Matt. 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:29), and very close to Bethany.

It was the limit of a Sabbathday's journey from Jerusalem, i.e., 2,000 cubits. It has been identified with the modern KefretTur.

A village on the Mount of Olives Mt 21:1; Mr 11:1; Lk 19:29

BETHPHELET

See BETHPALET

BETHRAPHA

Son of Eshton 1Ch 4:12

BETHREHOB

A place in Dan Jud 18:28; 2Sa 10:6

Called REHOB 2Sa 10:8

BETHSAIDA

house of fish. (1.) A town in Galilee, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias, in the "land of Gennesaret." It was the native place of Peter, Andrew, and Philip, and was frequently resorted to by Jesus (Mark 6:45; John 1:44; 12:21). It is supposed to have been at the modern 'Ain Tabighah, a bay to the north of Gennesaret.

(2.) A city near which Christ fed 5,000 (Luke 9:10; comp. John 6:17; Matt. 14:1521), and where the blind man had his sight restored (Mark 8:22), on the east side of the lake, two miles up the Jordan.

It stood within the region of Gaulonitis, and was enlarged by Philip the tetrarch, who called it "Julias," after the emperor's daughter. Or, as some have supposed, there may have been but one Bethsaida built on both sides of the lake, near where the Jordan enters it. Now the ruins etTel.

1. A city of Galilee .The city of Philip, Andrew, and Peter Jn 1:44; 12:21 .Jesus visits Mr 6:45 .Jesus cures a blind man in Mr 8:22 .Jesus prophesies against Mt 11:21; Lk 10:13

2. Desert of, east of the sea of Galilee, Jesus feeds more than five thousand people in Lk 9:10; Mt 14:13; Mr 6:32

BETHSHAN

See BETHSHEAN

BETHSHEAN

house of security or rest, a city which belonged to Manasseh (1 Chr. 7:29), on the west of Jordan.

The bodies of Saul and his sons were fastened to its walls. In Solomon's time it gave its name to a district (1 Kings 4:12). The name is found in an abridged form, Bethshan, in 1 Sam. 31:10, 12 and 2 Sam. 21:12. It is on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus, about 5 miles from the Jordan, and 14 from the south end of the Lake of Gennesaret.

After the Captivity it was called Scythopolis, i.e., "the city of the Scythians," who about B.C. 640 came down from the steppes of Southern Russia and settled in different places in Syria. It is now called Beisan.

A city of the tribe of Manasseh 1Ch 7:29; Jos 17:11 Not subdued Jud 1:27 Bodies of Saul and his sons exposed in 1Sa 31:10, 12

Called BETHSHAW 1Sa 31:10, 12; 2Sa 21:12

District of, under tribute to Solomon's commissariat 1Ki 4:12