Beth-Car

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 .

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

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.).