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BETHOGLA. There are two places of this name; one fixed by Eusebius1 at eight miles distance from Gaza; the other by S. Jerom2 two miles from Jordan. Joshua makes Bethogla to be part of the Tribe of Judah. Joshua xv. 6. This probably is the place mentioned by Eusebius. And the same Joshua xviii. 21. makes another Bethogla, which S. Jerom speaks of, to belong to Benjamin.
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