בֵּית חוֹרוֹן Bêyth Chôwrôwn

Hebrew · Strong's H1032 · pronounced bayth kho-rone' · used 28 times in 13 verses

Meaning

Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine

In the King James Version: Beth-horon.

Derivation: from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H2356 (חוֹר); house of hollowness;

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Where it is used

Joshua 10:10 And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
Joshua 10:11 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
Joshua 16:3 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 16:5 This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
Joshua 18:13 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.
Joshua 18:14 On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.
Joshua 21:22 Kibzaim, and Beth-horon—four cities, together with their pasturelands.
1 Samuel 13:18 another toward Beth-horon, and the third down the border road overlooking the Valley of Zeboim facing the wilderness.
1 Kings 9:17 So Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles 6:68 Jokmeam, Beth-horon,
1 Chronicles 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
2 Chronicles 8:5 He rebuilt Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars,
2 Chronicles 25:13 Meanwhile the troops that Amaziah had dismissed from battle raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon. They struck down 3,000 people and carried off a great deal of plunder.