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    Beth-horon Upper

    בֵּית חוֹרֹן+H5945G

    Upper Beth-horon was a town in Ephraim, near Lower Beth-horon, fortified by Solomon.

    Where the story of Beth-horon Upper happens Where the gazetteer locates Beth-horon Upper, framed to them: Beth-horon_Upper. 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-horon_Upper
    Where the gazetteer locates Beth-horon Upper
    verses
    3
    first named
    Joshua 16:5
    last named
    2 Chronicles 8:5
    feature
    settlement
    coordinates
    31.89°N · 35.11°E
    settlement31.89°N · 35.11°E

    Beit Ur al Fauqa (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Beth-horon Upper in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Upper Beth-horon was a town located in the territory of Ephraim, near its border with Benjamin. It was situated in the central hill country of Israel, not far from its sister city, Lower Beth-horon.

    The name Beth-horon means "house of caves" or "house of hollows" in Hebrew, possibly referring to the topography of the area. Upper Beth-horon was located at a higher elevation than Lower Beth-horon and was connected to it by a road known as the Ascent of Beth-horon.

    In Joshua 16:5, Upper Beth-horon is mentioned as part of the description of Ephraim's border. The town was rebuilt by Sheerah, the daughter of Ephraim, along with Lower Beth-horon (1Ch.7.24).

    During the reign of King Solomon, Upper Beth-horon was one of the cities he fortified as part of his building projects (2Ch.8.5). This fortification was likely due to the town's strategic location along the road connecting the coastal plain with the interior of the country.

    Although Upper Beth-horon is mentioned less frequently in the Bible than Lower Beth-horon, its proximity to the latter and its inclusion in the list of fortified cities suggest that it played a significant role in the defense and administration of the region.

    Today, the ancient site of Upper Beth-horon is identified with the modern Palestinian village of Beit Ur al-Foqa.

    Relations

    Direct connections

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    The pattern

    Where Beth-horon Upper is named

    Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.

    Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS1–2 CHRONICLES2 VERSES52 books and 786 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 3 verses across 3 of 66 books; 63 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS1–2 CHRONICLES2 VERSES52 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Beth-horon Upper is named in 3 verses — occurrences of the name in the Hebrew or Greek, counted in the versification of the Berean Standard Bible (v5.7). Every book of the corpus is drawn, its width its share of the 1,189 chapters. 63 of the 66 books never write it. A verse that tells of this subject without writing the name is not counted here.

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    Where to read it

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

    1. Joshua1 verse

      16:5

    2. 1 Chronicles1 verse

      7:24

    3. 2 Chronicles1 verse

      8:5

    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 Fortified CityBeth-horon LowerTown in Ephraim and Dan, site of a famous battle.via Fortified CityChinnerothRegion and city near the Sea of Galileevia Fortified CityHammathA fortified city and Levitical town in Naphtali.via Fortified CityRakkathCity on the western shore of the Sea of Galileevia Fortified CityZiddimA fortified city in Naphtali

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