'Beside' in the Bible

the waters which were flowing down from above stopped and rose up in one mass a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan. Those [waters] flowing downward toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed [the river] opposite Jericho.

the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

from Ekron even to the sea, all that were beside Ashdod, with their villages;