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(Heb. Beyth-A nath', áֵּéúàּòֲðָä , house of response; Sept. ÂçèáíÜè v. r. ÂáéèèáìÝ and ÂáéèáíÜ÷ ), one of the “fenced cities” of Naphtali, named with Bethshemesh (Jos_19:38); from neither of which were the Canaanites expelled, although made tributaries (Jdg_1:33). It is mentioned by Eusebius and Jerome (Onomast. s.v. ÂáèìÜ , Bethnath), who, however, elsewhere (s.v. ÂçèáíáèÜ , Bethana) speak of a village (apparently in Asher, ib. s.v. Á᾿íåßñ , Aniel) called Betanaea ( Âáôáíáßá , Bathanasea; Âáéôïáíáßá , Betoanea), fifteen miles eastward of Caesarea (Diocaesarea or Sepphoris), and reputed to contain medicinal springs. It is perhaps the present village Ainata, north of Bint-Jebeil (Van de Velde, Beten.