(Heb. Botskath',
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, stony region or hill; Sept. in Joshua
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v. r.
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and
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; in Kings
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v. r.
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; Josephus
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, Ant. 10:4, 1), a town "in the plain" of Judah, in the vicinity of Lachish and Eglon (Jos_15:39)it was the native place of Adaiah, the maternal grandfather of King Josiah (2Ki_22:1, where it is Anglicized 'Boscath"). It is possibly the ruined site Tell Hessy, marked by Van de Velde (Map) at a mile and a half south-east of Ajlun (Eglon).