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    Beth-arabah

    בֵּית הָֽעֲרָבָה

    Beth-arabah was a town and wilderness area allotted to Judah and Benjamin, and the Arbathite was a descendant of Abi-albon.

    Where the story of Beth-arabah happensBeth-arabah, and 13 places the claims reach, framed to them: Beth-arabah, Achor_Valley, Baalah_Mount, Beth-hoglah, Beth-shemesh, Chesalon, Debir, En-rogel, En-shemesh, Jerusalem, Kiriath-jearim, Rephaim_Valley, Seir_Mount, Timnah. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Beth-arabahAchor_ValleyBaalah_MountBeth-shemeshEn-rogelSeir_Mount
    Beth-arabah, and 13 places the claims reach
    verses
    6
    first named
    Joshua 15:6
    last named
    1 Chronicles 11:32
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    30.42°N · 35.15°E
    region30.42°N · 35.15°E

    Arabah (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 4 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Beth-arabah in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Beth-arabah, meaning "house of the desert" or "house of the plain" in Hebrew, was a town and wilderness area mentioned in the Old Testament. In Joshua 15:6 and 15:61, it is listed as part of the wilderness area within the territory allotted to the tribe of Judah. However, in Joshua 18:18 and 18:22, Beth-arabah is mentioned as a town in the territory allotted to the tribe of Benjamin.

    The exact location of Beth-arabah is not specified in the Bible, but it was likely situated in the Judean Desert, near the Dead Sea. The wilderness of Beth-arabah was one of the regions where the cities of Judah were located (Joshua 15:61).

    The term "Arbathite" is used to describe Abi-albon, one of David's mighty men, in 2Sa.23.31 and 1Ch.11.32. The name suggests that Abi-albon was from Beth-arabah or had some connection to the town or region.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Stands in the same events as

    and 2 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 3 books.

    1. Joshua4 verses

      15:615:6118:1818:22

    2. 2 Samuel1 verse

      23:31

    3. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      11:32

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Judah Northern BorderBorderBorder is a concept gathering 54 labelled instances in the text.via Judah Northern BorderEn-rogelSpring near Jerusalem; associated with Adonijah's and David's kingshipsvia Judah Northern BorderEn-shemeshSpring on the border between Judah and Benjaminvia Judah Northern BorderGilgalA significant site during Israel's early history in Canaan.via Judah Northern BorderKiriath-jearimA city where the ark residedvia Judah Northern BorderRephaim ValleyValley near Jerusalem, site of battlesvia Judah Northern BorderShikkeronTown on the border of Judahvia Judah Northern BorderTophethSite of pagan child sacrifice, south of Jerusalem

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