Bozkath
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(Heb. Botskath', בָּצְקִת , Stony region or Hill; Sept. in Joshua Βασεκάθ v. r. Βασεδώθ and Μασχάθ ; in Kings Βασκάθ v. r. Βασουρώθ ; Josephus Βοσκέθ , Ant. 10: 4, 1), a town "in the plain" of Judah, in the vicinity of Lachish and Eglon ( Joshua 15:39)it was the native place of Adaiah, the maternal grandfather of King Josiah ( 2 Kings 22:1, where it is Anglicized 'Boscath"). It is possibly the ruined site Tell Hessy, marked by Van de Velde (Map) at a mile and a half south-east of Ajlun (Eglon).
