Beth-horon in the Bible

And the Lord caused them to panic and be confused before Israel, and He struck them dead in a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goes up to Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

As they fled before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones [of hail] from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. More [Amorites] died because of the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword.

It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the outskirts of lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and it ended at the sea.

Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: on the east side the border of their inheritance was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon.

Then the border continued southward toward Luz, to the slope of Luz (that is, Bethel); then the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the hill that lies south of lower Beth-horon.

The border changed course [from there] and turned around on the western side southward, from the hill that lies to the south opposite Beth-horon; it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of [the tribe of] the sons of Judah. This formed the western side [of Benjamin’s territory].

and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities.

another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another toward the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

So then Solomon built Gezer, and Beth-horon, the nether,

and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,

And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

And he built upper Beth-Horon and lower Beth-Horon, fortified cities, with walls, gates, and bars;

But those of the troop that Amaziah had sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah from Samaria as far as Beth-horon, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil.