Beth-horon in the Bible
Meaning: house of wrath
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Beth-horon » Two ancient cities of canaan, near which joshua defeated the amorites
And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;
And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.
And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah And in their flight before Israel, on the way down from Beth-horon, the Lord sent down great stones from heaven on them all the way to Azekah, causing their death: those whose death was caused by the stones were more than those whom the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites, to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea.
And another went in the direction of Beth-horon: and another went by the hill looking down on the valley of Zeboiim, in the direction of the waste land.
And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
Beth-horon » Solomon builds
... and Solomon was the builder of Gezer and Beth-horon the lower,
And of Beth-horon the higher and the lower, walled towns with walls and doorways and locks;
Beth-horon » Taken from the tribe of judah by the ten tribes
But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.