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beth-hog´la (בּית חגלה, beÌ„th-hÌ£oghlaÌ„h; Septuagint ΒαιθαγλααÌμ, BaithaglaaÌm, “house of partridgeâ€): Mentioned in ; , identified with Ain Hajlah (“partridge springâ€) lying between Jericho and the Jordan, where in 1874 there was still a ruined Greek monastery called Kasr Hajlah, dating from the 12th century. The ruins are now destroyed. In ; it is said to be at the mouth of the Jordan on a Tongue (LisaÌ‚n) of the Salt Sea. But it is now several miles inland, probably because the Jordan has silt edition up a delta to that extent. See DEAD SEA.