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Strong's #1032 - בֵּית חוֹרֹן
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Beth-horon = “house of hollowness”
1) two towns in Ephraim
1a) Upper Beth-horon — town on the mountains of Ephraim
1b) Lower Beth-horon — town located 800 feet (245 meters) lower than Upper Beth-horon
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a.עֶלְיוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:5; הָעֶלְיוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5.
b. 1hour west from
a.תַּחְתּוֺן ׳ח׳בּ Joshua 16:3; Joshua 18:13; 1 Kings 9:17; הַתַּחְתּוֺן׳ח ׳בּ 2 Chronicles 8:5; also Joshua 10:10,11; Joshua 18:14; probably also Joshua 21:22; 1 Samuel 13:18; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 2 Chronicles 25:13; — modern Beit ±Ûr el-fôqa & et-ta—ta Rob BR ii. 250f. Bd Pal 21 Survey iii. 86; — compare הַחֹרֹנִי
adjective, of a people Nehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 13:28, only of Sanballat; also dual חֹרֹנַיִם Joshua 10:10,11 ᵐ5 & 2 Samuel 13:34 ᵐ5 We Dr.
בֵּית חָנָן
proper name, of a location in Dan (Judah ? Philistine territory) 1 Kings 4:9 (where read ׳ח׳וּב see below II. אֵלוֺן p. 19); — modern Beit „anûn compare Rob BR ii. 35.