BOZKATH.A town of Judah (Jos_15:39, 2Ki_22:1), in the plain near Lachish and Eglon. Unknown.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
A city of the shephelah or low land of Judah (Jos_15:39; 2Ki_22:1), to which Josiah's grandmother belonged.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Boz'kath. (rocky height). A city of Judah, in the Shefelah, or lowlands. Jos_15:39; 2Ki_22:1.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
boz?kath (בּצקת, bocḳath, ?stony?; Septuagint Βασηδώθ, Basēdō̇th): A town in the Shephelah of Judah named between Lachish and Eglon (Jos_15:39). It was the birthplace of Adaiah the mother of King Josiah (2Ki_22:1; the King James Version ?Boscath?). The site is not identified.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Bozkath
(Heb. Botskath', בָּצְקִת, stony region or hill; Sept. in Joshua Βασεκάθ v. r. Βασεδώθ and Μασχάθ; in Kings Βασκάθ v. r. Βασουρώθ; Josephus Βοσκέθ, Ant. 10:4, 1), a town "in the plain" of Judah, in the vicinity of Lachish and Eglon (Jos_15:39)it was the native place of Adaiah, the maternal grandfather of King Josiah (2Ki_22:1, where it is Anglicized 'Boscath"). It is possibly the ruined site Tell Hessy, marked by Van de Velde (Map) at a mile and a half south-east of Ajlun (Eglon).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.