Where is Beeroth in the Bible?

What happened at Beeroth?

Beeroth, also known as Beer, was a city originally inhabited by the Hivites, one of the Canaanite tribes. During the Israelite conquest of Canaan, the people of Beeroth, along with those of Gibeon, Chephirah, and Kiriath-jearim, deceived Joshua and the Israelites into making a peace treaty with them by pretending to be from a distant land (Joshua 9:17). After the treaty was made, Beeroth was allotted to the tribe of Benjamin as part of their inheritance in the Promised Land (Joshua 18:25). The city was located in the region north of Jerusalem, near Gibeon and Kiriath-jearim. Beeroth is mentioned in connection with several events in the Bible. It was the hometown of two of David's mighty men, Naharai (2Sa.23.37; 1Ch.11.39) and Rechab and Baanah, who murdered Ish-bosheth, Saul's son (2Sa.4.2-3, 5, 9). After the Babylonian exile, some of the people of Beeroth returned to Judah (Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29). In Judges 9:21, Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, fled to Beer (possibly another name for Beeroth) for safety after confronting the people of Shechem about their support for his half-brother Abimelech, who had killed Jotham's brothers. The city of Beeroth played a role in the early history of Israel, first as a Canaanite city that deceived the Israelites, then as part of the tribe of Benjamin's inheritance, and later as the hometown of some of David's mighty men and a place of refuge for Jotham.

Where does Beeroth appear in the Bible?

Beeroth is referenced in 4 verses across 3 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• Ezra 2:25
• Joshua 9:17
• Joshua 18:25
• Nehemiah 7:29

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Beeroth.