beth-aram Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
beth-aram in Easton's Bible Dictionary
house of the height; i.e., "mountain-house", one of the towns of Gad, 3 miles east of Jordan, opposite Jericho (Josh. 13:27). Probably the same as Beth-haran in Num. 32:36. It was called by king Herod, Julias, or Livias, after Livia, the wife of Augustus. It is now called Beit-haran.
beth-aram in Smith's Bible Dictionary
(house of the height), accurately BETH-HARAM, one of the towns of Gad on the east of Jordan, described as in "the valley," #Jos 13:27| and no doubt the same place as that named BETH-HARAN in #Nu 32:36|
beth-aram in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BETH-A'RAM (house of height), a town of Gad in the valley, Josh 13:27; perhaps same as Beth-haran. Num 32:36; Merrill locates it at er-Rama, on the Shittim plain.