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bē̇-rō´tha ( : בּרותה, beÌ„roÌ„thaÌ„h; Septuagint Codex Vaticanus, ἈβθηÏαÌ, AbtheÌ„raÌ; or BEROTHAI ; בּרתי, beÌ„roÌ„thai, where for מבּרתי rof ere, mibbeÌ„roÌ„thai Septuagint reads ek tō̇n eklektō̇n poÌleoÌ„n, “from the select citiesâ€): Probably two forms of the same name. places it on the ideal northern frontier of Israel, between Damascus and Hamath. According to it was a city of Hadadezer, king of Zobah. In the parallel passage () Cun is given in place of Berothai. Its site is unknown. Ewald connected it with Beirût (so also apparently H. P. Smith, ICC, “Samuel,†307), but Ezekiel's description excludes this view. Others have sought it in the Wady Brissa, in the East slope of Lebanon, North of Baalbec. A more plausible conjecture identifies it with BereitaÌ„n (BritheÌ„n), a village somewhat South of Baalbec (Baedeker, Pal3, 369). Possibly, however, the ideal northern frontier line should be drawn farther south. See HETHLON; ZEDAD; ZOBAH.