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Some identify Beit HaKerem with [[Ein Kerem]]. Others place Beit HaKerem south of [[Jerusalem]], at [[Ramat Rachel]], where [[cairn]]s on the ridge may have served as beacons of old. <ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Ramat%20Rahel%20-%20A%20Royal%20Citadel%20and%20a%20Palace%20of%20the Identification with Ramat Rachel]</ref> Others say it was near [[Tekoa (Biblical)|Tekoa]], later known as [[Herodium]]<ref>[http://www.christnotes.org/dictionary.php?dict=sbd&id=733]</ref><ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=972&letter=B]</ref> According to the Bible, the trumpet sounded against the invading army of [[Babylon]] at this place (Jer. 6:1). |
Some identify Beit HaKerem with [[Ein Kerem]]. Others place Beit HaKerem south of [[Jerusalem]], at [[Ramat Rachel]], where [[cairn]]s on the ridge may have served as beacons of old. <ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Ramat%20Rahel%20-%20A%20Royal%20Citadel%20and%20a%20Palace%20of%20the Identification with Ramat Rachel]</ref> Others say it was near [[Tekoa (Biblical)|Tekoa]], later known as [[Herodium]]<ref>[http://www.christnotes.org/dictionary.php?dict=sbd&id=733]</ref><ref>[http://jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=972&letter=B]</ref> According to the Bible, the trumpet sounded against the invading army of [[Babylon]] at this place (Jer. 6:1). |
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Beit Hakerem was a district center during the Persian Period, (Nehemiah 3:14). Archeological finds have yielded dozens of seal impressions on jar handles from the 4th-3rd centuries BCE bearing the inscription ''yehud,'' the official name of the province of Judah in this period. <ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Ramat%20Rahel%20-%20A%20Royal%20Citadel%20and%20a%20Palace%20of%20the Archeological finds]</ref> |
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Beit HaKerem (Hebrew בית הכרם, literally "house of the vineyard") is a biblical place associated with the Tribe of Judah (Neh. 3:14).
Some identify Beit HaKerem with Ein Kerem. Others place Beit HaKerem south of Jerusalem, at Ramat Rachel, where cairns on the ridge may have served as beacons of old. [1] Others say it was near Tekoa, later known as Herodium[2][3] According to the Bible, the trumpet sounded against the invading army of Babylon at this place (Jer. 6:1).
Beit Hakerem was a district center during the Persian Period, (Nehemiah 3:14). Archeological finds have yielded dozens of seal impressions on jar handles from the 4th-3rd centuries BCE bearing the inscription yehud, the official name of the province of Judah in this period. [4]