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Beth-le-aphrah

Ancient site; 13 competing modern identifications, best supported being Khirbet et Taiyiba.

Placesettlementspecial1 verselocation disputed

Where was it?

Scholars do not agree. Every proposal recorded by the source is shown with its support score, so you can see the weight of opinion rather than a single answer.

Proposed site: Khirbet et Taiyiba · distanceOpen in OpenStreetMap

Khirbet et Taiyiba269
31.5566, 35.0335distance
Wadi el Ghafar62
31.5607, 34.8534water
Beitin26
31.9228, 35.2414settlement
Al Bira4
31.9051, 35.2150settlement
Burj Beitin0
31.9219, 35.2455visible
Silat ad Dhahr0
32.3195, 35.1846settlement
Ramat Rahel0
31.7399, 35.2169visible
Tell el Farah0
32.2874, 35.3378tel
Et Taiyibeh0
32.6039, 35.4466settlement
Farata0
32.1906, 35.1658settlement
Khirbet Taiyibeh0
32.5172, 35.1785settlement
Afula-3
32.6057, 35.2900settlement
Taybeh-13
31.9544, 35.3003settlement

Name variants

Beth-leaphrah (3)
Beth-le-aphrah (2)
Aphrah (1)
Beth Aphrah (1)
Beth Leaphrah (1)
Beth Ophrah (1)
Beth-le-Aphrah (1)

References

Micah 1:10

Topical references

A city — Micah 1:10
Perhaps identical with OPHRAH — 1 Chronicles 4:14

Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.