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<p> '''''beth´zûr''''' ( בּית־צוּר , <i> '''''bēth''''' </i> - <i> '''''cūr''''' </i> ; Βαιθ-σούρ , <i> '''''Baith''''' </i> - <i> '''''soúr''''' </i> , "house of rock"; less probably "house of the god Zur"): </p> <p> (1) Mentioned ( Joshua 15:58 ) as near [[Halhul]] and [[Gedor]] in the hill country of Judah; fortified by [[Rehoboam]] ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ). In Nehemiah 3:16 mention is made of "Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur." During the Maccabean wars it (Bethsura) came into great importance (1 Macc 4:29, 61; 6:7, 26, 31, 49, 50; 9:52; 10:14; 11:65; 14:7, 33). [[Josephus]] describes it as the strongest place in all [[Judea]] ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xiii , v, 6). It was inhabited in the days of [[Eusebius]] and Jerome. </p> <p> (2) It is the ruined site <i> '''''Beit Ṣûr''''' </i> , near the main road from [[Jerusalem]] to Hebron, and some 4 miles North of the latter. Its importance lay in its natural strength, on a hilltop dominating the highroad, and also in its guarding the one southerly approach for a hostile army by the Vale of Elah to the Judean plateau. The site today is conspicuous from a distance through the presence of a ruined medieval tower. (See <i> PEF </i> , III, 311, Sh Xxi ). </p> | |||
<p> '''''beth´zûr''''' ( בּית־צוּר , <i> '''''bēth''''' </i> - <i> '''''cūr''''' </i> ; Βαιθ-σούρ , <i> '''''Baith''''' </i> - <i> '''''soúr''''' </i> , "house of rock"; less probably "house of the god Zur"): </p> <p> (1) Mentioned ( Joshua 15:58 ) as near Halhul and Gedor in the hill country of Judah; fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ). In Nehemiah 3:16 mention is made of "Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur." During the Maccabean wars it (Bethsura) came into great importance (1 Macc 4:29, 61; 6:7, 26, 31, 49, 50; 9:52; 10:14; 11:65; 14:7, 33). Josephus describes it as the strongest place in all Judea ( <i> Ant. </i> , Xiii , v, 6). It was inhabited in the days of Eusebius and Jerome. </p> <p> (2) It is the ruined site <i> '''''Beit Ṣûr''''' </i> , near the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron, and some 4 miles North of the latter. Its importance lay in its natural strength, on a hilltop dominating the highroad, and also in its guarding the one southerly approach for a hostile army by the Vale of Elah to the Judean plateau. The site today is conspicuous from a distance through the presence of a ruined medieval tower. (See <i> PEF </i> , III, 311, Sh Xxi ). </p | |||
Revision as of 13:29, 6 October 2021
beth´zûr ( בּית־צוּר , bēth - cūr ; Βαιθ-σούρ , Baith - soúr , "house of rock"; less probably "house of the god Zur"):
(1) Mentioned ( Joshua 15:58 ) as near Halhul and Gedor in the hill country of Judah; fortified by Rehoboam ( 2 Chronicles 11:7 ). In Nehemiah 3:16 mention is made of "Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur." During the Maccabean wars it (Bethsura) came into great importance (1 Macc 4:29, 61; 6:7, 26, 31, 49, 50; 9:52; 10:14; 11:65; 14:7, 33). Josephus describes it as the strongest place in all Judea ( Ant. , Xiii , v, 6). It was inhabited in the days of Eusebius and Jerome.
(2) It is the ruined site Beit Ṣûr , near the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron, and some 4 miles North of the latter. Its importance lay in its natural strength, on a hilltop dominating the highroad, and also in its guarding the one southerly approach for a hostile army by the Vale of Elah to the Judean plateau. The site today is conspicuous from a distance through the presence of a ruined medieval tower. (See PEF , III, 311, Sh Xxi ).
