the house of the lamb
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
BETH-CAR (house of a lamb).A place mentioned once only, 1Sa_7:11, as the terminus of the pursuit of the Philistines under Samuels guidance. The site is quite unknown, save that it must have been somewhere near Jerusalem, on the west.
R. A. S. Macalister.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Beth'-car. (house of the lamb). A place named as the point, to which the Israelites pursued the Philistines, 1Sa_7:11, and therefore, west of Mizpeh.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
beth?kar (בּית־כּר, bēth-kār; Βαιθχόρ, Baithchór, Βελχόρ, Belchór): ?And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, Until they came under Beth-car? (1Sa_7:11). ‛Ain Kārem has been suggested; if Mizpah is nebi Samwı̂l then this identification is probable, as the pursuit would be along the deep Wady beit Hannı̂neh - a natural line of retreat for the Philistines to take. See BETH-HACCHEREM.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Beth-car
is thought by Lieut. Conder (Tent-work, 1, 25) to be the present Ain- Karim, noted as the reputed residence of John the Baptist (Thomson, Land and Book, 2, 536 sq.).
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.