Bozkath

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A city of the shephelah or low land of Judah ( Joshua 15:39; 2 Kings 22:1), to which Josiah's grandmother belonged.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Joshua 15:39 1 Kings 22:1

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

BOZKATH . A town of Judah ( Joshua 15:39 , 2 Kings 22:1 ), in the plain near Lachish and Eglon. Unknown.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Boz'kath. (rocky height). A city of Judah, in the Shefelah, or lowlands. Joshua 15:39; 2 Kings 22:1.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

boz´kath ( בּצקת , bocḳath , "stony"; Septuagint Βασηδώθ , Basēdō̇th ): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named between Lachish and Eglon ( Joshua 15:39 ). It was the birthplace of Adaiah the mother of King Josiah ( 2 Kings 22:1; the King James Version "Boscath"). The site is not identified.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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).