Where was Beth-zur?

House of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:58), about 4 miles to the north of Hebron. It was built by Rehoboam for the defence of his kingdom (2 Chr. 11:7). It stood near the modern ed-Dirweh. Modern identification: Khirbet et Tubeiqa.

Beth-zur is represented in the local geography layer as Khirbet et Tubeiqa. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 15:58 and is mentioned across 4 books, with 4 verse references collected into the glossary index.