Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadMcClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Beth-palet
Subjects in this Topic:
(Heb. Beyth Pellet, áֵּéú ôֶּìֶè , house of escape, but found only “in pause,” Beyth Pallet, áֵּéú ôּ ìֶè [or áֵּéúàּ ]; Sept. ÂçèöÝëåè and ÂçèöáëÜô or ÂáéèöáëÜè ), one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah (i.e. assigned to Simeon), named between Heshmon and Hazar-shual (Jos_15:27), and inhabited after the captivity (Neh_11:26, where it is Anglicized “Beth-phelet”). It corresponds possibly to the “considerable ruin” on Tell el-Kuseifeh (Robinson's Researches, 2, 620), a short distance N.E. of Moladah (Van de Velde, Map).
Beth-palet
Lieut. Conder suggests (Quarterly Statement of the “Pal. Explor. Fund,” January, 1875, p. 26) that from position it might very well correspond to el-Hora (drawing of water), a place remarkable for its number of cisterns and reservoirs, the buildings being of flint throughout.