Beeroth

Bee´uh-roth; Heb., “wells”; cf. Beirut

A Gibeonite city in Benjamin (Josh 9:17; Josh 18:25). It was the home of the murderers of Ishbosheth (2Sam 4:2-3), and of Naharai, Joab’s armor-bearer and one of David’s “mighty warriors” (2Sam 23:37; 1Chr 11:39). Seven hundred and forty-three exiles from Beeroth are included in the census of the first return (Ezra 2:25; Neh 7:29; 1Esd 5:19).