=Bethel=, taken by the Ephraimites, =1=, 34. description of, =1=, 45. Samuel holds assemblies at, =1=, 78. a center of idolatry, =1=, 186. an association of prophets at, =1=, 205, 234. visited by Elijah, =1=, 208. bull-worship at, =1=, 233. capital of Jeroboam II, =1=, 233. Amos at, =1=, 235, 236. Cuthæans worship at, =1=, 285. purged of idolatry, =1=, 294. priests of, killed, =1=, 295. military station under Hadrian, =2=, 419. =Bethhagla=, fortress, besieged by Bacchides, =1=, 493. =Beth-Haran=, balm of Gilead found near, =1=, 43. =Beth-horon=, battle of, won by Judas Maccabæus, =1=, 462. camp of Nicanor at, =1=, 485. Cestius Gallus retreats from, =2=, 266-7. =Beth Israel=, third Amsterdam synagogue, =4=, 680. =Beth Jacob=, first Amsterdam synagogue, =4=, 667, 671. poem in honor of, =4=, 678-9. =Bethlehem=, birthplace of David, =1=, 95-6. camp of the Philistines, =1=, 116. children of, murdered by Herod, =2=, 116. the expected birthplace of the Messiah, =2=, 161. statue of Adonis worshiped at, =2=, 422. nunnery at, =2=, 623. the Jews of, in the twelfth century, =3=, 427. =Bethmaon=, Josephus and the men of Tiberias meet at, =2=, 279. =Bethome=, Pharisee fortress, =2=, 45. =Bethoron.= _See_ Beth-horon. =Bethpage=, suburb of Jerusalem, =2=, 292. =Beth-Ramatha= (Betharamata), palace of, destroyed, =2=, 125. re-named Livia, =2=, 138. =Bethsaida=, Jesus in, =2=, 157. =Bethsan= (Bethshan). _See_ Bethshean. =Bethshean= (Bethsan, Scythopolis), bodies of Saul and Jonathan dishonored at, =1=, 104. Greek citizens of, resist Joseph, =1=, 425. refuge of Antiochus IX, =2=, 10. recovered by the sons of John Hyrcanus, =2=, 11. Judæans of, massacred, =2=, 262-3. sparsely inhabited by Jews in the sixth century, =3=, 12. =Bethshearim=, temporary seat of the Synhedrion, =2=, 452. =Beth-Shemesh=, battle of, between the kings of Israel and Judah, =1=, 224-5. =Bethsur.= _See_ Beth-Zur. =Beth-Waad=, religious school in the Sopheric age, =1=, 396. =Beth-Zachariah=, the battle of, Judas Maccabæus defeated at, =1=, 479. Judæans slain at, by Bacchides, =1=, 483. =Beth-Zur= (Bethsur), Judas Maccabæus victorious at, =1=, 469-70. stronghold against the Idumæans, =1=, 473. garrison of, surrenders to Lysias, =1=, 479. reinforced by Bacchides, =1=, 491. Hellenists take refuge in, =1=, 494. garrisoned by the Hasmonæans, =1=, 498. under Simon Tharsi, =1=, 523, 524. Alexander Jannæus and Cleopatra make a league at, =2=, 41. =Beugnot=, Napoleon’s state councilor, favors Jewish emancipation, =5=, 480. helps to frame the Westphalian constitution, =5=, 500. =Beyrout=, the Judæans of, perish in the arena, =2=, 312.