Bealoth is mentioned in the
Old Testament
The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...
as a city in the extreme southern region of Judah
*In
Joshua 15:24 it is listed as one of the cities of the children of
Judah
*In
1 Kings
The Book of Kings (, '' Sēfer Məlāḵīm'') is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Kings) in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. It concludes the Deuteronomistic history, a history of Israel also including the books ...
4:16 it is noted as the location of
Baanah son of Hushai, in this instance it is written as "in Aloth", but in the revised version is read as Bealoth
As a
Bible name Bealoth means "citizen" or "cast under"
References
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible NamesEaston's Bible Dictionary
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Hebrew Bible cities