BETANE (Jdt_1:9).A place apparently south of Jerusalem, and not Bethany. It may be the same as Beth-anoth.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
bet?a-nē̇ (Βαιτάνη, Baitánē): A place named in Judith 1:9, among those to which the messengers of Nebuchadnezzar were sent. From the order in which they are named we should seek for it South of Jerusalem. It may be identical with Beit ‛Ainūn, about 3 miles North of Hebron.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Betane
(Βετάνη v. r. Βλιτάνη, i.e. prob. Βαιτάνη; Vulg. omits), a place apparently south of Jerusalem (Jdt_1:9), and, according to Reland (Palaest. p. 625), identical with the AIN SEE AIN (q.v.) of Jos_21:16, and the Bethanin (Βηθανίν) of Eusebius (Onom. Α᾿ρί, Ain), two miles from the Terebinth of Abraham and four from Hebron. Others, with less probability, compare it with BETEN SEE BETEN (q.v.). SEE CHELLUS.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.