Beth-zur
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Beth-Zur (also Beit Tzur, Bethsura) is a biblical site of historic and archaeological importance in the mountains of Hebron in southern Judea, now part of the West Bank. Beth Zur is mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of the Roman Jewish historian Josephus. The Battle of Beth-Zur took place here in 164 BCE.
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It sits within the topics Ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea, Book of Joshua locations and Book of Nehemiah locations.
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- Etymology
- In the Hebrew Bible
- Bronze Age to Persian period
- Hellenistic period
- Roman period
- Crusader period
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Beth-Zur (also Beit Tzur, Bethsura) is a biblical site of historic and archaeological importance in the mountains of Hebron in southern Judea, now part of the West Bank. Beth Zur is mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible and the writings of the Roman Jewish historian Josephus. The Battle of Beth-Zur took place here in 164 BCE.
Beth-Zur has been identified with the site of Khirbet et-Tubeiqa, near Khirbet Burj as-Sur.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Beth-zur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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