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Biblical place

Where was Beth-car?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Beit Ur al Tahta.

First appears in 1 Samuel 7:11 · 1 books · 1 chapters

Overview

Sheep-house, a place to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines west from Mizpeh (1 Sam. 7:11). Modern identification: Beit Ur al Tahta.

Beth-car is represented in the local geography layer as Beit Ur al Tahta. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in 1 Samuel 7:11 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Jerusalem

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Judea

About 19 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 24 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 34 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 44 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Beth-car today

Travel to Beth-car, the modern-day Beit Ur al Tahta.

Beth-car is commonly identified with Beit Ur al Tahta, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Beth-car is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Beit Ur al Tahta

31.895°N · 35.084°E

Key passages

Appears in

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention