Beth-horon
bet cho.ron is a proper place-name used for upper and lower locations, border points, and a route of ascent or descent.
The term is used consistently as a proper place-name. The supplied verses place it in descriptions of Upper and Lower locations, territorial boundaries, a route of ascent and descent, fortified cities, and the extent of a raid.
Senses in use
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Proper place-name in geographic settings · dominant
All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same named location in varying geographic and narrative settings. In Joshua 16:3 the APB renders a boundary reaching “Beth-horon the Lower,” while Joshua 16:5 names “Upper Beth-horon”; Joshua 10:10 and Joshua 10:11 place the name on an ascent and descent during pursuit. In 2 Chronicles 8:5 the APB renders Upper and Lower Beth-horon as fortified cities, and 2 Chronicles 25:13 uses the name as the far extent of a raid.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB normally presents the name as “Beth-horon,” distinguishing “Upper Beth-horon” and “Lower Beth-horon” where the verse does so. Its surrounding wording supplies the geographic context rather than a separate lexical definition.