Places in the Bible › Beeroth
Beeroth
Town or city mentioned in 9 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Samuel.
Where it appears
2 Samuel (4), Joshua (2), 1 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1)
Key verses
- Joshua 9:17 first mention — And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
- Joshua 18:25 — Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
- 2 Samuel 4:2 — And Saul’s son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin:
- 2 Samuel 4:3 — And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
- 2 Samuel 4:5 — And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
- 2 Samuel 23:37 — Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
- 1 Chronicles 11:39 — Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
- Ezra 2:25 — The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three.
- Nehemiah 7:29 — The men of Kirjath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three.
Nearby places
Bible Geocoding Data by OpenBible.info (https://www.openbible.info/geo/), CC BY 4.0. OpenBible.info rates this identification as uncertain; scholars propose other sites. Map: Natural Earth (public domain). Verse text: King James Version.