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Berotha

Βηρώθη

Berotha (Βηρώθη), mentioned only by Josephus as a city of Upper Galilee, not far from Cadesh (Naphthali) (Ant. 5.1.18). He makes it the scene of the decisive battle which Joshua fought with the northern kings, at the waters of Merom. (Josh. 11.1--9.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.