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Beth-eked, 'binding house of the shepherds'; site where Jehu killed Ahaziah's relatives
A place name meaning 'binding house of the shepherds,' appearing only in the narrative of Jehu's purge of Ahab's house. Jehu met relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah 'at Beth-eked of the shepherds' and slaughtered them at 'the pit of Beth-eked' (2 Kings 10:12, 14). The name may refer to a sheepshearing facility or gathering place for shepherds. The exact location is uncertain; proposed identifications include Beit Kad near Mount Gilboa. The double reference (v. 12, 14) and variant forms (Beth-eked, Eked, 'the pit of...') reflect narrative emphasis on the massacre site.
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Senses
1. sense 1 — The site where Jehu killed forty-two relatives of King Ahaziah. The text refers to it as 'Beth-eked of the shepherds' (2 Kings 10:12), 'Beth-eked' (as a short form, v. 12), and 'the pit/cistern of Beth-eked' (v. 14). The name suggests a shepherd's facility, and the location witnessed a brutal massacre during Jehu's campaign to eradicate the house of Ahab. Modern translations vary ('house of gathering,' 'binding place'), but the shepherding context is clear. 3×
PROPERTIES_RELATIONS › Nature, Class, Example › Geography and Space
AR["بَيْتُ-", "بَيْتِ-عَقْدٍ", "عَقْدِ"]·ben["ঘর-", "ঘর-শেয়ার-করার", "শেয়ার-করার"]·DE["Beth-Eked", "Eked", "bei-Beth-"]·EN["Beth-Eked", "Eked", "at-Beth-"]·FR["Beth-Eked", "Eked", "à-Beth-"]·heb["בית-", "בית-עקד", "עקד"]·HI["एकेद", "वेत-", "वेत-एकेद"]·ID["-ikatan", "Bet-Eked", "rumah-"]·IT["Beth-Eked", "Eked", "a-Beth-"]·jav["Bèt", "Bèt-Èked", "Èked"]·KO["베드-에게드-의", "에게드", "집"]·PT["Beit-Eqed", "Eqed", "casa-de"]·RU["Бет-Экеда", "дом-", "связывания"]·ES["Bet-eked", "Eked", "casa-de"]·SW["Bethi-Ekedi", "kufunga", "nyumba-ya-"]·TR["ev", "kırkılma", "kırkılma-evi"]·urd["باندھنے-کے", "بیت-عیقد-کے", "گھر-"]
2 Kgs 10:12, 2 Kgs 10:12, 2 Kgs 10:14
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† בֵּית־עֵ֫קֶד הָרֹעִים perhaps n.pr.loc. (binding-house of the shepherds) 2 K 10:12; cf. v 14 בּוֹר בּ׳־ע׳; Bethacath Jer LagOnom. 107. 17, 2nd ed. 141;—mod. Beit Kâd near Mt Gilboa according to Surveyii. 83; but cf. בַּיִת 1. p. 109.