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  • And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword.

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.

    The Dor�� Gallery of Bible Illustrations 2008

  • And then there are the clubs -- Mojo, say, or Babylon -- where the young and beautiful rise spontaneously from their tables to link arms and perform a complicated Black Sea line dance, the horon.

    Turkish Delight 2008

  • As we look at the picture of the Capitol, I also want to draw people's attention to that picture we saw moments ago of the 50-man honor cordon, and military horon cordon, standing outside the House steps, lining the 45 steps leading into the house entrance.

    CNN Transcript Dec 30, 2006 2006

  • From Geba to Beth-horon fifty furlongs, or thereabouts.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Josephus, in the place above cited, relating a story of one Stephen, a servant of Caesar, who suffered hardly by robbers in this place, saith, that it was "in the public way of Beth-horon," -- namely, in the king's highway, which goes from Jerusalem to Caesarea.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • From Beth-horon to the sea is one circumjacent region.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Behold! the way leading from Jerusalem to Beth-horon: --

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • The word the region round about, is used by the Jerusalem Gemara: "From Beth-horon to the sea is one region round about," or, one circumjacent region.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Hence is that, "Whosoever shall see the place, where the Israelites passed through the sea, where they passed through Jordan, where they passed by the rivers of Arnon, or those great stones in the going down of Beth-horon, -- is bound to bless."

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

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