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Created page with "'''Bozkath''' (bots-cath, Hebrew: '''בָּצְקַת''')<ref>[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1218.htm Strong's Hebrew Dictionary - 1218. Botsqath]</ref> is a town of Judea on..."
'''Bozkath''' (bots-cath, Hebrew: '''בָּצְקַת''')<ref>[http://biblehub.com/hebrew/1218.htm Strong's Hebrew Dictionary - 1218. Botsqath]</ref> is a town of [[Judea]] only known today from the two mentions in biblical accounts of the [[Book of Joshua]] and [[II Kings|Book of II Kings]]. According to Ludwig Koehler and Walter Baumgartner, the name Bozkath derives from the Hebrew term 'elevation',<ref>Koehler, Ludwig, et al. The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament. Leiden: Brill, 2000. pg. 148</ref> and more strictly, the term means 'rocky' or 'height'.
== Location ==
Although some archaeologists have proposed specific locations for Bozkath in the past,<ref>Abel, Felix Marie. "Géographie de la Palestine, 2 vols." Paris: J. Gabalda 1938 (1933).</ref> it is no longer thought today that archaeologists can uncover a specific modern location with Bozkath,<ref>[http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/bozkath/ Bible Dictionary, Bozkath]</ref> as our accounts of its locations are too vague for any specific identification. All that can be said about its location is that was located in ancient [[Judea]] between the Judean cities of [[Lachish]] and [[Eglon]] (Joshua 15:39), somewhere in the [[Shephelah]].
== Bible ==
According to the [[II Kings|Book of II Kings]],<ref>{{bibleref|book=2Kings|chap=22|verses=1}}</ref> Bozkath was the region where Adaiah, the mother of king [[Josiah]] was from and born. Secondly, according to the [[Book of Joshua]], it was one of the cities allotted in the region of the [[Shephelah]] when ancient [[Israel]] was being divided into four segments.
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== Location ==
Although some archaeologists have proposed specific locations for Bozkath in the past,<ref>Abel, Felix Marie. "Géographie de la Palestine, 2 vols." Paris: J. Gabalda 1938 (1933).</ref> it is no longer thought today that archaeologists can uncover a specific modern location with Bozkath,<ref>[http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/bozkath/ Bible Dictionary, Bozkath]</ref> as our accounts of its locations are too vague for any specific identification. All that can be said about its location is that was located in ancient [[Judea]] between the Judean cities of [[Lachish]] and [[Eglon]] (Joshua 15:39), somewhere in the [[Shephelah]].
== Bible ==
According to the [[II Kings|Book of II Kings]],<ref>{{bibleref|book=2Kings|chap=22|verses=1}}</ref> Bozkath was the region where Adaiah, the mother of king [[Josiah]] was from and born. Secondly, according to the [[Book of Joshua]], it was one of the cities allotted in the region of the [[Shephelah]] when ancient [[Israel]] was being divided into four segments.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Bible Cities}}