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Beth Haram
In Bible versions:
Beth Haram: NET NIVBeth-Haram: AVS TEV
Beth-haram: NRSV NASB
a town of Gad
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Beth-haram (31° 49´, 35° 34´)
Hebrew
Strongs #01027: Mrh tyb Beyth ha-Ram
Beth-aram = "place of the height"1) a place in Gad
1027 Beyth ha-Ram bayth haw-rawm'
from 1004 and 7311 with the article interposed; house of theheight; Beth-ha-Ram, a place East of the Jordan:-Beth-aram.
see HEBREW for 01004
see HEBREW for 07311
BETH-HARAM [ISBE]
BETH-HARAM - beth-ha'-ram (beth haram; Baitharan; Codex Alexandrinus, Baitharra; the King James Version wrongly, Beth-Aram): An Amorite city taken and fortified by the Gadites (Josh 13:27; Nu 32:36; in the latter passage the name appears as Beth-haran, probably the original form). It corresponds to Bethramphtha of Josephus (Ant., XVIII, ii, 1), which, according to Eusebius, was the name used by the Syrians. Here was a palace of Herod (Ant., XVII, x, 6; BJ, II, iv, 2). Eusebius, Onomasticon says it was called Livias. Josephus says it was fortified by Herod Antipas, who called it Julias for the wife of Augustus (Ant., XVIII, ii, 1; BJ, II, ix, 1). The name would be changed to Julias when Livia, by the will of the emperor, was received into the Gens Julia. It is represented by Tell er-Rameh in Wady Chesban, about 6 miles East of Jordan.W. Ewing