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Beth-peor
Beth-peor was a place in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River. Scripture records it as the site where Moses proclaimed the law of Deuteronomy and identifies the valley opposite it as the place of his burial.
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- Beth-avenBible
Beth-aven is a place name meaning "house of vanity (or wickedness)." In Joshua and 1 Samuel it refers to a site near Bethel, while in Hosea it serves as a derisive name for Bethel, where the calf idol was worshiped.
- Beth-shemeshBible
Beth-shemesh, meaning "house of the sun," is an Old Testament place name that refers chiefly to a priestly city on the western border of Judah. It was the first place the ark of the covenant reached when the Philistines sent it back, and it was also where Amaziah, king of Judah, was defeated by the northern kingdom of Israel.
- Beth-dagonBible
Beth-dagon, meaning "house (temple) of Dagon," is an Old Testament place name. It appears twice in the book of Joshua: once as a town of the tribe of Judah and once as a point on the border of the tribe of Asher.
- Beth-shanBible
Beth-shan was a Canaanite city located where the Jezreel Valley meets the Jordan Valley. It is known as the place where the Philistines fastened the body of Saul to the city wall, and in New Testament times it was one of the cities of the Decapolis.
- Beth-hacceremBible
Beth-haccerem was a town in the hill country of Judah south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Jeremiah 6:1 and Nehemiah 3:14. Its name means "house of the vineyard" in Hebrew.
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