Beth-Eden
Holman Bible Dictionary [1]
Amos 1:5 2 Kings 19:12 Ezekiel 27:23
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Beth-Eden ( Amos 1:5 marg.). See Eden [House of].
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
(Heb. Beyth E'den, בֵּית עֶדֶן , House Of Pleasantness; Sept. confusedly translates Ἄνδρες Χαῤῥάν ; Vulg. Domus Voluntatis ) , apparently a city of Syria, situated on Mount Lebanon, the seat of a native king, threatened with destruction by the prophet ( Amos 1:5, where the Auth. Vers. renders it "house of Eden"); probably the name of a country residence of the kings of Damascus. Michaelis ( Suppl. Ad Leg. Hebr. s.v.), following Laroque's description, and misled by an apparent resemblance in name, identified it with Ehden, about a day's journey from Baalbek, on the eastern slope of the Libanus, and near the old cedars of Bshirrai. Baur ( Amos, p. 224), in accordance with the Mohammedan tradition that one of the four terrestrial paradises was in the valley between the ranges of the Libanus and Anti- Libanus, is inclined to favor the same hypothesis. But Grotius, with greater appearance of probability, pointed to the Paradise ( Παράδεισος , Park ) of Ptolemy (5, 15) as the locality of Eden. The village Jusieh El-Kadimeh, a site with extensive ruins, about 1.5 hour S.E. of Riblah, near the Orontes, but now a paradise no longer, is supposed by Dr. Robinson ( Later Researches, P. 556) to mark the site of the ancient Paradisus; and his suggestion is approved by Mr. Porter ( Handb. p. 577), but doubted by Ritter ( Erdk. 17, 997-999). Again, it has been conjectured that Beth-Eden is no other than Beit-Jenn, "the house of Paradise," not far to the south- west of Damascus, on the eastern slope of the Hermon, and a short distance from Medjel. It stands on a branch of the ancient Pharpar, near its source (Rosenmuller, Bibl. Alt. 2, 291; Hitzig, Amos, in loc.; Porter, Damascus, 1, 311).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
beth - ē´den ( Amos 1:5 King James Version, margin; English Versions of the Bible "house of Eden"). See Children Of Eden .
