A dictionary of the . m. 8 :S. Called Tibhath. I Uhr. 18: 8: possi-bly Tibhuth, between Aleppo and Eu-phrates. BETEN. Josh. 19 : 25. A town ofAsher, east of Ptoleinais ; now el Baneh. BETH-ABABA {house of theford). 9 place beyond Jordan. John 1:28. Some of the best manuscripts read jBethany same as Beth-abara; possi-bly at Beth-nimrah, or Nimrin; or, asConder thinks, at Abarak: a leadingford of the Jordan on the road to Gil-ead. BETH-ANATH (house of an-swer), a place in Naphtali, Josh. 19 : 38 ; Jnd. 1:33; possibly at Hariin, nearDiblathaim; or at (house of echo), a
A dictionary of the . m. 8 :S. Called Tibhath. I Uhr. 18: 8: possi-bly Tibhuth, between Aleppo and Eu-phrates. BETEN. Josh. 19 : 25. A town ofAsher, east of Ptoleinais ; now el Baneh. BETH-ABABA {house of theford). 9 place beyond Jordan. John 1:28. Some of the best manuscripts read jBethany same as Beth-abara; possi-bly at Beth-nimrah, or Nimrin; or, asConder thinks, at Abarak: a leadingford of the Jordan on the road to Gil-ead. BETH-ANATH (house of an-swer), a place in Naphtali, Josh. 19 : 38 ; Jnd. 1:33; possibly at Hariin, nearDiblathaim; or at (house of echo), a city of Judah, Josh. 15:59;perhaps Beit Ainun, 3 miles north-east of Hebron. BETHANY (house of dates, orof misery). 1. A village on the easternslope of Mount Olivet, about 1£ to 2miles (15 furlongs) east of Jerusa-lem, John 11:18, toward Jericho; thehome of Alary and Martha, whitherJesus often went. Matt. 21:17; Mark11:11. 12. It was the home of Simon,Mark 14 : 3 ; the place where Lazaruswas raised from the dead. John 11:18-. Bethany. (After Photographs.) 44; and near it Jesus ascended toheaven. Luke 24 : 50 ; named only inthe Gospels, and there elev-n times. Pretext Appearance.—Three pathslead from Jerusalem to Bethany—thefirst over Olivet, north of its summit:the third branches from the first, belowGethsemane, over the southern slope ofOlivet: the second lies between thesetwo. The name, which signifies houseof poverty. was probably suggested byits solitary and remote situation, bor-dering on the desert, or by the fact thatlepers, who are popularly called thepoor, once sought an asylum 14 : 3.— Handbook. hamlt of about 20 rude stone housesinhabited by Moslems. The water isgood, and olive, fig. almond, and carobtrees abound. The reputed sites ofSimons house and that of Mary,also the tower and the tomb of Laz-arus, are still pointed out. A churchstands over the tomb. Bethany is nowcalled el-Az<rii/eh, place of Schaffs Bible Lands, p. 2
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