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Bethoron (also transliterated Beth-Horon) was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon ("Upper Bethoron"), and Bethoron Tahton ("Lower Bethoron"), named for the Egypto-Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts. Strategically located on the Gibeon-Aijalon road, the towns guarded the important "ascent of Beth-Horon." Both towns are mentioned in the Old Testament: Upper Bethoron in Joshua [[s:Bible(King James)/Joshua#16 An Israeli community named Beit Horon (Hebrew: בית חורון‎) was founded in 1977 on a site adjacent to the two towns.

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  • Bethoron (also transliterated Beth-Horon) was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon ("Upper Bethoron"), and Bethoron Tahton ("Lower Bethoron"), named for the Egypto-Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts. Strategically located on the Gibeon-Aijalon road, the towns guarded the important "ascent of Beth-Horon." Both towns are mentioned in the Old Testament: Upper Bethoron in Joshua [[s:Bible(King James)/Joshua#16 An Israeli community named Beit Horon (Hebrew: בית חורון‎) was founded in 1977 on a site adjacent to the two towns.
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  • Bethoron (also transliterated Beth-Horon) was the name for two adjacent towns, Bethoron Elyon ("Upper Bethoron"), and Bethoron Tahton ("Lower Bethoron"), named for the Egypto-Canaanite deity Horon mentioned in Ugaritic literature and other texts. Strategically located on the Gibeon-Aijalon road, the towns guarded the important "ascent of Beth-Horon." Both towns are mentioned in the Old Testament: Upper Bethoron in Joshua [[s:Bible(King James)/Joshua#16 5|16 5]] and Lower Bethoron in [[s:Bible(King James)/Joshua#16 3|16 3]]. According to 1 Chronicles [[s:Bible(King James)/1 Chronicles#7 24|7 24]], Lower Bethoron was built by Sheerah, the daughter of Beriah, son of Ephraim. Eusebius' Onomasticon also mentions the 'twin villages' and St. Jerome describes them as 'little hamlets' which it seems they have always been. The two Palestinian Muslim villages of Beit Ur al-Foqa (Arabic: بيت عور الفوقة‎, "Upper house of straw") and Beit Ur al-Tahta (Arabic: بيت عور التحتى‎, "Lower house of straw") preserve part of the original Canaanite name for the towns, and have been identified as the sites of Upper and Lower Bethoron. Archaeological finds indicate that the Lower town was established before the Upper one; potsherds from the Late Bronze Age onward were discovered at Lower Beit Ur, whereas those in Upper Beit Ur date only from the Iron Age onward. An Israeli community named Beit Horon (Hebrew: בית חורון‎) was founded in 1977 on a site adjacent to the two towns.
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