Where was Beth-gilgal?

House of Gilgal, a place from which the inhabitants gathered for the purpose of celebrating the rebuilding of the walls on the return exile (Neh. 12:29). (See GILGAL. ). Modern identification: Khirbet el Mefjir.

Beth-gilgal is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet el Mefjir. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Nehemiah 12:29 and is mentioned across 1 book, with 1 verse reference collected into the glossary index.