IX. 
BETHI.EHEM TO JAFFA. 42/ 
stood on a hill, which the Canaanites, flying from chap. 
Gibeon, ascended': " Tlie Lord chased them 
along the way that goes up to Beth-horon." 
But from Beth-horon to Jzekah the way lay 
down the hill, on another side'': " In the ^oing 
down of Beth-horon, the Lord cast down great 
stones upon them, unto Jzekah\" But the 
most remarkable evi'ience respecting its situa- 
tion is afforded by Josebhiis, in several passages 
following his account of the destruction of 
JoppA (Jaffa) by the Romans; where he men- 
tions the march of Cestiu\- by the way of Lydda, 
and Bethoron, to Jerusalem^: and Lydda is 
known to have stood near the spot where Rama 
now stands ^ Also in the description given of 
the situation of the Roman army, in the defiles 
and crags about Bethoron^^. From these, and 
many other testimonies that might be adduced, 
it seems evident that the modern village 
of Bethoor was the Bethoron superior of the 
Antients. 
(5) Josh. X. 10. 
(6) See Dr. TVells's Hist. Geoj. vol. I. p. 295, Oxf. 1801-. 
(7) Josh. X. 11. 
(8) Joseph. deBell. lib. ii. c. 23. Colm. 1691, 
(9) Reland. Pal. Illust. torn. U.p. 959. Utr. 1714, 
(.10) Joseph, ibid. c. 24. Colon. 1C91. 
