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sheÌ„r´ing (×—Ö¼×¨×¢×™× ×¢×§×¨ בּית, beÌ„th ‛eÌ„kÌ£edh haÌ„-rō‛ı̄m, “house of binding of the shepherdsâ€; Codex Vaticanus ΒαιθαÌκαθ, BaithaÌkath (Codex Alexandrinus ΒαιθαÌκαδ, BaithaÌkad) τῶν ποιμεÌνων, toÌ„Ìn poimeÌnoÌ„n): Here in the course of his extinction of the house of Ahab, Jehu met and destroyed 42 men, “the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah†(-14). Eusebius (in Onomasticon) takes the phrase as a proper name, Bethacath, and locates the village 15 miles from Legio in the plain. This seems to point to identification with Beit KaÌ„d, about 3 miles East of Jenı̄n.