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<p> '''''bē̇''''' -'''''thū´li''''' -'''''a''''' ( Βαιθουλουά , <i> '''''Baithoulouá''''' </i> ): A town named only in the Book of [[Judith]] (4:6; 6:10ff; 7:1ff; 8:3; 10:6; 12:7; 15:3, 6; 16:21ff). From these references we gather that it stood beside a valley, on a rock, at the foot of which was a spring, not far from <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> ; and that it guarded the passes by which an army might march to the South. The site most fully meeting these conditions is that of <i> '''''Sānūr''''' </i> . The rock on the summit of which it stands rises sheer from the edge of <i> '''''Merj el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ghariḳ''''' </i> , on the main highway, some 7 miles South of <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> . Other identifications are suggested: Conder favoring <i> '''''Mithilı̄yeh''''' </i> , a little farther north; while the writer of the article "Bethulia" in <i> [[Encyclopedia]] Biblica </i> argues for identification with Jerusalem. </p> | |||
<p> '''''bē̇''''' -'''''thū´li''''' -'''''a''''' ( Βαιθουλουά , <i> '''''Baithoulouá''''' </i> ): A town named only in the Book of Judith (4:6; 6:10ff; 7:1ff; 8:3; 10:6; 12:7; 15:3, 6; 16:21ff). From these references we gather that it stood beside a valley, on a rock, at the foot of which was a spring, not far from <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> ; and that it guarded the passes by which an army might march to the South. The site most fully meeting these conditions is that of <i> '''''Sānūr''''' </i> . The rock on the summit of which it stands rises sheer from the edge of <i> '''''Merj el''''' </i> - <i> '''''Ghariḳ''''' </i> , on the main highway, some 7 miles South of <i> '''''Jenı̄n''''' </i> . Other identifications are suggested: Conder favoring <i> '''''Mithilı̄yeh''''' </i> , a little farther north; while the writer of the article "Bethulia" in <i> Encyclopedia Biblica </i> argues for identification with Jerusalem. </p | |||
Revision as of 12:29, 6 October 2021
bē̇ -thū´li -a ( Βαιθουλουά , Baithoulouá ): A town named only in the Book of Judith (4:6; 6:10ff; 7:1ff; 8:3; 10:6; 12:7; 15:3, 6; 16:21ff). From these references we gather that it stood beside a valley, on a rock, at the foot of which was a spring, not far from Jenı̄n ; and that it guarded the passes by which an army might march to the South. The site most fully meeting these conditions is that of Sānūr . The rock on the summit of which it stands rises sheer from the edge of Merj el - Ghariḳ , on the main highway, some 7 miles South of Jenı̄n . Other identifications are suggested: Conder favoring Mithilı̄yeh , a little farther north; while the writer of the article "Bethulia" in Encyclopedia Biblica argues for identification with Jerusalem.
