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<p> '''''beth''''' -'''''hā´ram''''' ( בּית הרם , <i> '''''bēth hārām''''' </i> ; Βαιθαράν , <i> '''''Baitharán''''' </i> ; [[Codex]] Alexandrinus, Βαιθαρρά , <i> '''''Baitharrá''''' </i> ; the King James Version wrongly, [[Beth-Aram]] ): An [[Amorite]] city taken and fortified by the [[Gadites]] ( Joshua 13:27; Numbers 32:36; in the latter passage the name appears as Beth-haran, probably the original form). It corresponds to <i> '''''Bēthramphtha''''' </i> of [[Josephus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xviii , ii, 1), which, according to Eusebius, was the name used by the Syrians. Here was a palace of [[Herod]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xvii , x, 6; <i> BJ </i> , II, iv, 2). Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> says it was called Livias. Josephus says it was fortified by Herod Antipas, who called it [[Julias]] for the wife of [[Augustus]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xviii , ii, 1; <i> BJ </i> , 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 <i> '''''Tell er''''' </i> - <i> '''''Rāmeh''''' </i> in <i> '''''Wādy Ḥesbān''''' </i> , about 6 miles East of Jordan. </p> | |||
<p> '''''beth''''' -'''''hā´ram''''' ( בּית הרם , <i> '''''bēth hārām''''' </i> ; Βαιθαράν , <i> '''''Baitharán''''' </i> ; Codex Alexandrinus, Βαιθαρρά , <i> '''''Baitharrá''''' </i> ; the King James Version wrongly, Beth-Aram ): An Amorite city taken and fortified by the Gadites ( Joshua 13:27; Numbers 32:36; in the latter passage the name appears as Beth-haran, probably the original form). It corresponds to <i> '''''Bēthramphtha''''' </i> of Josephus ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xviii , ii, 1), which, according to Eusebius, was the name used by the Syrians. Here was a palace of Herod ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xvii , x, 6; <i> BJ </i> , II, iv, 2). Eusebius, <i> Onomasticon </i> says it was called Livias. Josephus says it was fortified by Herod Antipas, who called it Julias for the wife of Augustus ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xviii , ii, 1; <i> BJ </i> , 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 <i> '''''Tell er''''' </i> - <i> '''''Rāmeh''''' </i> in <i> '''''Wādy Ḥesbān''''' </i> , about 6 miles East of Jordan. </p | |||
Revision as of 12:28, 6 October 2021
beth -hā´ram ( בּית הרם , bēth hārām ; Βαιθαράν , Baitharán ; Codex Alexandrinus, Βαιθαρρά , Baitharrá ; the King James Version wrongly, Beth-Aram ): An Amorite city taken and fortified by the Gadites ( Joshua 13:27; Numbers 32:36; in the latter passage the name appears as Beth-haran, probably the original form). It corresponds to Bēthramphtha 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 - Rāmeh in Wādy Ḥesbān , about 6 miles East of Jordan.
