Wells, one of the four cities of the Hivites which entered by fraud into a league with Joshua. It belonged to Benjamin (Josh. 18:25). It has by some been identified with el-Bireh on the way to Nablus, 10 miles north of Jerusalem.
BEEROTH(Βηρώθ), the plural form of Beer, signifies Wells. It is placed by Eusebius at the distance o...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
wells; explaining ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
(wells), one of the four cities of the Hivites who deluded Joshua into a treaty of peace with them. ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
(Deut. 10:6). The same as Bene-jaakan (Num. 33:31). ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
the wells of the tribe of Bene-Jaakan, which formed one of the halting-places of the Israelites in t...