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Place

Beth-Haccerem

Name meaning: house of the vineyard (Hitchcock)

House of a vineyard, a place in the tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14) where the Benjamites were to set up a beacon when they heard the trumpet against the invading army of the Babylonians (Jer. 6:1). It is probable that this place is the modern ‘Ain Karim, or “well of the vineyards,” near which there is a ridge on which are cairns which may have served as beacons of old, one of which is 40 feet high and 130 in diameter.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

Key verses

Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(house of the vine). (Nehemiah 3:14; Jeremiah 6:1) A beacon station near Tekoa, supposed to be the Frank Mountain, a few miles southeast of Bethlehem.

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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