Lower Beth-horon

Lower Beth-horon is a settlement named in 5 verses of the Bible. It is most likely identified with Beit Ur al Tahta (high confidence).

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.

Verses

Joshua

• Joshua 16:3
  And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Beth–horon the nether, and to Gezer: and the goings out thereof are at the sea.Then it descended westward to the border of the Japhletites as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon and on to Gezer, and it ended at the Sea.
• Joshua 18:13
  And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Beth–el, southward; and the border descended to Ataroth–adar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Beth–horon.From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 9:17
  And Solomon built Gezer, and Beth–horon the nether,So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 7:24
  (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth–horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen–sherah.)His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 8:5
  Also he built Beth–horon the upper, and Beth–horon the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,

Notes

1. Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
2. Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.