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I. BEEROTH, a City belonging to the Gibeonites, which was yielded afterwards Josh. ix. 17. 2 Sam. iv. 2.to the Tribe of Benjamin. Eusebius says, that Beeroth was situated at seven miles distance from Jerusalem, in the way towards Nicopolis. S. Jerom instead of Nicopolis, reads Neapolis, or Naplouse. M. Reland prefers Eusebius’s reading. The Reader may examine his proofs1.
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Reland. Palæst. lib. iii. p. 618, 619. ↩
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