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According to Josephus, the name of a hill north of the Temple-mound, and separated from the latter by a valley. After the erection of the third wall it became part of the city of Jerusalem. Josephus ("B. J." 2:15, § 5; 2:19, § 4; 5:4, § 2; 5:5, § 8) gives the meaning of the name as "New City," according to which "Bezetha" is a strange transcription of . A more correct rendering is "house of olives" () It is not certain whether this place is identical with "Bezeth" in I Macc. 7:19, where Bacchides pitched his tents after leaving Jerusalem. In "Ant." 12:10, § 2 it is called Bησζήθω (variant reading, Bησζήθω), and is referred to as a village.