Beeroth

One of the four Gibeonite towns that tricked Joshua into a peace treaty by pretending they were travelers from a distant land (Joshua 9:17). When Israel discovered the deception, Joshua honored the oath but consigned Beeroth and its allies to permanent service as woodcutters and water carriers at the sanctuary (Joshua 9:23-27). The town was allotted to Benjamin (Joshua 18:25). Two of its men — Baanah and Rechab — later assassinated Ish-bosheth, Saul's son and David's rival for the throne; David executed them in turn (2 Samuel 4:2-12). Beeroth families resettled the town after the Babylonian exile (Ezra 2:25; Nehemiah 7:29).