Bible Location

Beth-eked

2 cross references · Modern-day map available

Beth-eked was the site where Jehu encountered and slaughtered the relatives of Ahaziah. It is important because it stands within the violent purge that followed Jehu's rise. First appears in 2 Kgs 10:12.1

Coordinates

32.56, 35.33

First appears

2 Kgs 10:12

AI summary: Beth-eked matters because it is bound to one of the grimmest episodes in the Jehu narrative. The place becomes a stopping point where royal kin are recognized and executed, intensifying the sense of sweeping dynastic judgment. The cross references present Beth-eked as a waypoint of political bloodshed during Jehu's purge.1

Latitude

32.56

Longitude

35.33

Bible references

2