Beth Zur
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Named at Nehemiah 3:16 as a district: “Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.”
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- 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp
6He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,
7Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
8Gath, Mareshah, Ziph,
9Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah,
10Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin.
- NEH 3:15–16, engwebp
15Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the spring gate. He built it, covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars; and he repaired the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city.
16After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
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Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Beth-zur” by name and 2 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Khirbet et Tubeiqa (confidence 842 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Khirbet et Tubeiqa
OpenBible.info confidence 842 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.58938, 35.09416
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Beth-zur” (CC BY 4.0)
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Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam,
After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Beth Zur (place-beth-zur) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/beth-zur Current wording: Named at Nehemiah 3:16 as a district: “Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.” Cited evidence: 2CH 11:6–10, engwebp / NEH 3:15–16, 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.