Betane

== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BETANE ( Jdt 1:9 ). A place apparently south of Jerusalem, and not Bethany. It may be the same as Beth-anoth .

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

bet´a -nē̇ ( Βαιτάνη , Baitánē ): A place named in Judith 1:9, among those to which the messengers of Nebuchadnezzar were sent. From the order in which they are named we should seek for it South of Jerusalem. It may be identical with Beit ‛Ainūn , about 3 miles North of Hebron.

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

(Βετάνη v. r. Βλιτάνη , i.e. prob. Βαιτάνη; Vulg. omits), a place apparently south of Jerusalem (Judith 1:9), and, according to Reland (Palaest. p. 625), identical with the AIN (See Ain) (q.v.) of Joshua 21:16, and the Bethanin (Βηθανίν ) of Eusebius (Onom. Ἀρί, Ain), two miles from the Terebinth of Abraham and four from Hebron. Others, with less probability, compare it with BETEN (See Beten) (q.v.). (See Chellus).