Berothai

Berothai was a major city of the Aramean king Hadadezer of Zobah that fell to King David during his consolidating northern campaigns: "And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass" (2 Samuel 8:8). The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 18:8 calls the same paired cities Tibhath and Cun (Berothai = Cun in the Chronicler's spelling). The brass from these Aramean foundries became the raw material for Solomon's Bronze Sea, the great temple pillars Jachin and Boaz, and the temple's bronze vessels. The site is identified with Bereitan in the central Beqaa valley of modern Lebanon.