Easton's Bible Dictionary House of the desert, one of the six cities of Judah, situated in the sunk valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea (Joshua 18:22). In Joshua 15:61 it is said to have been "in the wilderness." It was afterwards included in the towns of Benjamin. It is called Arabah (Joshua 18:18). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia BETH-ARABAH beth-ar'-a-ba (beth ha-`arabhah; Baitharaba, "place of the Arabah"): (1) One of the 6 cities of Judah "in the wilderness" (Joshua 15:61), on the borders of Benjamin and Judah (Joshua 15:6; Joshua 18:18 Septuagint). "The wilderness of Judah" is the barren land West of the Dead Sea. Beth-arabah is not yet identified. (2) One of the cities of Benjamin (Joshua 18:22). Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus) reads Baithabara, and this may be correct. The names are early confounded. See BETHABARA.

Multi-Version Concordance Beth-arabah (4 Occurrences) Joshua 15:6 and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben; (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV) Joshua 15:61 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah, (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV) Joshua 18:18 It passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down to the Arabah. (See RSV) Joshua 18:22 and Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el, (ASV BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV)