Beth Kar
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Named at 1 Samuel 7:11: “The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.”
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- 1SA 7:7–11, engwebp
7When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
8The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
9Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to the LORD. Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.
10As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
11The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Beth-car” by name and 1 shared verse. Its leading identification scores only 213 of 1000, so it is listed as a candidate and not adopted as a coordinate. 1 other identification is listed too.
AI-assisted source review; human approval pending, 2026-09-29
- another name for Lower Beth-horon
OpenBible.info confidence 213 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.895, 35.08361
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Beth-car” (CC BY 4.0) - Ein Karim
OpenBible.info confidence 199 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.76448, 35.15945
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Beth-car” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (1) — The LORD thunders with a great thunder on the Philistines and confuses them
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The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Beth Kar (place-beth-car) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/beth-car Current wording: Named at 1 Samuel 7:11: “The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them until they came under Beth Kar.” Cited evidence: 1SA 7:7–11, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.