Beth-Hoglah
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [1]
A town of Benjamin, on the border of Judah, Joshua 15:6; 18:19,21 . Robinson traced this name at a place three miles from the mouth of the Jordan, on the way to Jericho; here was a fine grove, watered by a sweet and limpid fountain the best in the valley of the Jordan.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
("house of partridge".) ( Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:19; Joshua 18:21). In Benjamin, on the border of Judah. The Ain Hajla, "fount of Hoglah," on the road from Jericho, near the Jordan, marks the site.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
Beth-Hoglah (‘place of the partridge’), Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:19 . In the Jericho plain. Now the large spring called ‘Ain Hajlah , ‘partridge spring,’ south-east of Jericho.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Joshua 15:6 Joshua 18:19 18:21
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
beth - hog´la ( בּית חגלה , bēth - ḥoghlāh ; Septuagint Βαιθαγλαάμ , Baithaglaám , "house of partridge"): Mentioned in Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:19 , identified with Ain Hajlah ("partridge spring") lying between Jericho and the Jordan, where in 1874 there was still a ruined Greek monastery called Kasr Hajlah , dating from the 12th century. The ruins are now destroyed. In Joshua 15:5; Joshua 18:19 it is said to be at the mouth of the Jordan on a Tongue ( Lisân ) of the Salt Sea. But it is now several miles inland, probably because the Jordan has silt edition up a delta to that extent. See Dead Sea .
