BETHIULIA(Βετυλούα), a strong city of Samaria, situated on the mountain range at the south of the Plain of Esdraelon, and commanding the passes. It is the scene of the book of Judith, and its site was recovered by Dr. Schultz in 1847, on the northern declivity of Mount Gilboa, south-west of Bisan. It is identified by its name Beit Ilfah, by its fountain ( Judith, 7.3. 12.7), by considerable ruins, with rock graves, and sarcophagi, and by the names of several sites in the neighbourhood identical with those of the book of Judith. (See Dr. Schultz's Letter in Williams's Holy City, vol. i. Appendix, p. 469.) [G.W]