Beth-Car

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary ==

In Dan, near Mizpeh; noted for the defeat of the Philistines, and the Eben-Ezer set up by Samuel, 1 Samuel 7:11 .

== Easton's Bible Dictionary == 1 Samuel 7:11 == Hitchcock's Bible Names == == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible ==

BETH-CAR (‘house of a lamb’). A place mentioned once only, 1 Samuel 7:11 , as the terminus of the pursuit of the Philistines under Samuel’s guidance. The site is quite unknown, save that it must have been somewhere near Jerusalem, on the west.

R. A. S. Macalister.

== Smith's Bible Dictionary ==

Beth'-car. (house of the lamb). A place named as the point, to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines, 1 Samuel 7:11, and therefore, west of Mizpeh.

== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia ==

beth´kar ( בּית־כּר , bēth - kār  ; Βαιθχόρ , Baithchór , Βελχόρ , Belchór ): "And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, Until they came under Beth-car" (1 Samuel 7:11 ). ‛Ain Kārem has been suggested; if Mizpah is nebi Samwı̂l then this identification is probable, as the pursuit would be along the deep Wady beit Hannı̂neh - a natural line of retreat for the Philistines to take. See Beth-Haccherem .

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

is thought by Lieut. Conder (Tent-work, 1, 25) to be the present Ain- Karim, noted as the reputed residence of John the Baptist (Thomson, Land and Book, 2, 536 sq.).