Beeroth
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. (Joshua 9:17) It is now el-Bireh, which stands about 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in the desert. (10:6) In (Numbers 33:31) the name is given as BENE-JAAKAN only.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31).
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