(Heb. Beyth Pellet, בֵּית פֶּלֶט, house of escape, but found only "in pause," Beyth Pallet, בֵּית פּ לֶט [or בֵּיתאּ ]; Sept. Βηθφέλεθ and Βηθφαλάτ or Βαιθφαλάθ ), one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah (i.e. assigned to Simeon), named between Heshmon and Hazar-shual (Joshua 15:27), and inhabited after the captivity (Nehemiah 11:26, where it is Anglicized "Beth-phelet"). It corresponds possibly to the "considerable ruin" on Tell el-Kuseifeh (Robinson's Researches, 2, 620), a short distance N.E. of Moladah (Van de Velde, Map).
Lieut. Conder suggests (Quarterly Statement of the "Pal. Explor. Fund," January, 1875, p. 26) that from position it might very well correspond to el-Hora (drawing of water), a place remarkable for its number of cisterns and reservoirs, the buildings being of flint throughout.
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