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bith´ron (הבּתרון, ha-bithroÌ„n; ὁÌλην τὴν παÏατειÌνουσαν, hoÌleÌ„n teÌ„Ìn parateıÌnousan, literally “the entire (land) extendingâ€; , “the Bithron,†i.e. the gorge or groove): Does not seem to be a proper name; rather it indicates the gorge by which Abner approached Mahanaim. Buhl (GAP, 121) favors identification with WaÌ„dy ‛AjluÌ„n, along which in later times a Rom road connected ‛AjluÌ„n and Mahanaim. Others (Guthe, Kurz. bib. Wörterbuch, under the word) incline to WaÌ„dy esh Sha‛ı̄b.