Beth-horon
    house of the hollow, or of the cavern, the name of two towns or
    villages (2 Chr. 8:5; 1 Chr. 7:24) in the territory of Ephraim,
    on the way from Jerusalem to Joppa. They are distinguished as
    Beth-horon "the upper" and Beth-horon "the nether." They are
    about 2 miles apart, the former being about 10 miles north-west
    of Jerusalem. Between the two places was the ascent and descent
    of Beth-horon, leading from Gibeon down to the western plain
    (Josh. 10:10, 11; 18:13, 14), down which the five kings of the
    Amorites were driven by Joshua in that great battle, the most
    important in which the Hebrews had been as yet engaged, being
    their first conflict with their enemies in the open field.
    Jehovah interposed in behalf of Israel by a terrific hailstorm,
    which caused more deaths among the Canaanites than did the
    swords of the Israelites. Beth-horon is mentioned as having been
    taken by Shishak, B.C. 945, in the list of his conquests, and
    the pass was the scene of a victory of Judas Maccabeus. (Comp.
    Ex. 9:19, 25; Job 38:22, 23; Ps. 18:12-14; Isa. 30:30.) The
    modern name of these places is Beit-ur, distinguished by
    el-Foka, "the upper," and el-Tahta, "the nether." The lower was
    at the foot of the pass, and the upper, 500 feet higher, at the
    top, west of Gibeon. (See GIBEON.)
 Beth-horon, house of wrath