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Beth-aram
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
House of the height; i.e., “mountain-house”, one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho (Josh. 13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in Num. 32:36. It was called by king Herod, Julias, or Livias, after Livia, the wife of Augustus. It is now called Beit-haran.
Scripture references
Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
BETH-A'RAM (house of height), a town of Gad in the valley, Josh 13:27; perhaps same as Beth-haran. Num 32:36; Merrill locates it at er-Rama, on the Shittim plain.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
house of height
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
BETH-A'RAM (house of height), a town of Gad in the valley, Josh 13:27; perhaps same as Beth-haran. Num 32:36; Merrill locates it at er-Rama, on the Shittim plain.