BETHHORON [smith]
(
house of caverns), the name of two towns or villages, an "upper" and a "nether," (
Joshua 16:3,5;
1Â Chronicles 7:24) on the road from Gibeon to Azekah, (
Joshua 10:10,11) and the Philistine plain. 1 Macc. 3:24. Beth-horon lay on the boundary line between Benjamin and Ephraim, (
Joshua 16:3,5) and Josh 18:13,14 Was counted to Ephraim, (
Joshua 21:22;
1Â Chronicles 7:24) and given to the Kohathites. (
Joshua 21:22;
1Â Chronicles 6:68) (1Chr 6:53) The two Beth-horons still survive in the modern villages of
Beit-ur, et-tahta and
el-foka .
