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Bith-ron

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The broken or divided place, a district in the Arabah or Jordan valley, on the east of the river (2 Sam 2:29). It was probably the designation of the region in general, which is broken and intersected by ravines.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Bithron

bith'-ron (ha-bithron; holen ten parateinousan, literally "the entire (land) extending"; 2 Sam 2:29, "the Bithron," i.e. the gorge or groove): Does not seem to be a proper name; rather it indicates the gorge by which Abner approached Mahanaim. Buhl (GAP, 121) favors identification with Wady `Ajlun, along which in later times a Ro road connected `Ajlun and Mahanaim. Others (Guthe, Kurz. bib. Worterbuch, under the word) incline to Wady esh Sha`ib.

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).