Beth-rehob
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| Type | region and settlement |
|---|---|
| Also called | Beth Rehob, Aram Beth Rehob, Aram Beth-Rehob |
| Most likely | in the Beqaa Valley (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 34.009° N, 36.145° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Judges 18:28 |
Beth-rehob is a region and settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely in the Beqaa Valley (low confidence; 4 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| in the Beqaa Valley | low (23%) | 34.009° N, 36.145° E |
| in the upper Huleh Valley | low (17%) | 33.249° N, 35.652° E |
| Hunin | very low (12%) | 33.221° N, 35.544° E |
| Tel Dan | very low (4%) | 33.249° N, 35.652° E |
| Banias | very low (-1%) | 33.246° N, 35.693° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 18:28And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth–rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein.There was no one to deliver them, because the city was far from Sidon and had no alliance with anyone; it was in a valley near Beth-rehob. And the Danites rebuilt the city and lived there.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 10:6And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth–rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish–tob twelve thousand men.When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.