McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Beth-birei

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Beth-birei


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(Heb. Beyth Biri, áֵּéú áִּøְàִé , house of my creation or cistern; Sept. ïú v êïò Âáñïýì v. r. ïἴêïõ Âáñïõóåùñßì [by inclusion of the next name], Vulg. Bethberai), a town in the extreme south of Simeon, inhabited by the descendants of Shimei (1Ch_4:31); by comparison with the parallel list in Jos_19:6, it appears to have had also the name of BETH-LEBAOTH SEE BETH-LEBAOTH (q.v.), or LEBAOTH simply (Jos_15:32).