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    Beth-merhak

    בֵּית הַמֶּרְחָק

    Beth-merhak was a place near Jerusalem where David stayed with his household during Absalom's revolt. (2Sa.15.17)

    Where the story of Beth-merhak happens Where the gazetteer locates Beth-merhak, framed to them: Beth-merhak. 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-merhak
    Where the gazetteer locates Beth-merhak
    verses
    1
    first named
    2 Samuel 15:17
    last named
    2 Samuel 15:17
    feature
    settlement

    Description

    Beth-merhak in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Beth-merhak is mentioned only once in the Bible, in 2Sa.15.17, during the account of Absalom's revolt against his father, King David. The name Beth-merhak means "house of distance" or "house of the far place" in Hebrew.

    As Absalom's conspiracy gained strength, David decided to flee from Jerusalem to escape the impending danger. The king left the city with his entire household, except for ten concubines who were left to take care of the palace.

    David and his followers stopped at a place some distance from the city, which is referred to as Beth-merhak. The text does not provide the exact location of this place, but it was likely a short distance from Jerusalem, possibly a suburb or a neighboring village.

    At Beth-merhak, David reviewed the people who were with him, including his servants and loyal followers. It was here that he encountered Ittai the Gittite, who pledged his loyalty to David despite being a foreigner.

    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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    The pattern

    Where Beth-merhak 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. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OLD TESTAMENT · 39 BOOKSNEW TESTAMENT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL1 VERSE56 books and 898 chapters with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT Where the name is written across the corpus. 1 verse across 1 of 66 books; 65 write the name nowhere. OT · 39 BOOKSNT · 27 BOOKS2 SAMUEL1 VERSE56 books with no mentionBOOK WIDTH = CHAPTER COUNT
    Beth-merhak is named in 1 verse — 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. 65 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 — one, across 1 book.

    1. 2 Samuel1 verse

      15:17

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    Where this page goes

    Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    ElsewhereTerritory of JudahOne of the most connected entities of this type.ElsewhereJerusalemThe capital of Israel, a holy city for three religionsElsewhereBashanRegion east of the Jordan, known for its fertility.

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