And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, — study this verse from Joshua chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,”
Joshua 18:22 · King James Version
And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel,
And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
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