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(Heb. Beyth ha-Arabah', äָòֲøָáָä áֵּéú , house of the desert; Sept. ÂçèÜñáâá v. r. ÂáéèáñáâÜ and ÈáñáâáÜì ; in Jos_18:22, ÂçèáâáñÜ v. r. ÂáéèáâáñÜ ), one of the six cities of Judah which were situated in the Arabah, i.e. the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (“wilderness,” Jos_15:61), on the north border of the tribe, and apparently between Beth-hoglah and the high land on the west of the Jordan valley (Jos_15:6). It was afterward included in the list of the towns of Benjamin (Jos_18:22). It is elsewhere (Jos_18:18) called simply ARABAH SEE ARABAH (q.v.). It seems to be extant in the ruins called Kusr Hajla, a little south-west of the site of Beth-hoglah (q.v.).