Bible Location
3 cross references · Modern-day map available
Beth-arabah was a desert-margin town in the Jordan and Dead Sea zone, associated with both Judah and Benjamin. It is important because it shows how the harsh lower valley still belonged to the mapped inheritance of the tribes. First appears in Josh 15:6.1
Coordinates
31.84, 35.51
First appears
Josh 15:6
AI summary: Beth-arabah matters through geography rather than major narrative episodes. Its appearance in both Judahite and Benjaminite lists places it in the liminal country between hillland and desert depression. The cross references present Beth-arabah as a lower-valley settlement that helped define tribal space in difficult terrain.1
Latitude
31.84
Longitude
35.51
Bible references
3
House of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Josh. 18:22). In Josh. 15:61 it is said to have been “in the wilderness.” It was afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah (Josh. 18:18). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.