Bethulĭa

Bethulĭa

Bethulĭa (a. Geogr.), 1) Stadt in Niedergaliläa, wo Judith den die Stadt belagernden Holofernes den Kopf abhieb u. starb; jetzt Saphet od. Sannur; 2) so v.w. Beth-Cherem.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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