Beth-Ezel

== Holman Bible Dictionary == Micah 1:11 == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BETH-EZEL ( Micah 1:11 ). Perhaps ‘place near,’ see AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] : mentioned with Zaanan and Shaphir. It seems to have been a place in the Philistine plain, but the site is unknown. According to some it is = Azel of Zechariah 14:5 .

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

beth -ē´zel ( בּית האצל , bēth hā - 'ēcel  ; οῖκος ἐχόμενος αὐτῆς , oı́kos echómenos autḗs  ; literally, "adjoining house"): A place named along with other cities in the Philistine plain (Micah 1:11 ). The site has not been identified. By some it is thought to be the same as Azel of Zechariah 14:5; but see Azel .

== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature ==

(Heb. Beyth he-E'tsel, בֵּית הָאֵצֶל, house of the firm root, i.e. fixed dwelling; Sept. translates οϊ v κος ἐχόμενος αὐτῆς, "neighboring house," as in our margin), a town in Judaea, mentioned Micah 1:11, where there is an allusion to the above etymology. Ephraem Syrus understands a place near Samaria; but the context seems to locate it in the Philistine plain, perhaps at the modern Beit-Affa (Robinson, Researches, 2, 369, note), 5.25 miles S.E. of Ashdod (Van de Velde's Map).