Horbat Bet Netef

Bayt Nattif or Beit Nattif was a Palestinian village, located some 20 kilometers southwest of , midway on the ancient Roman road between and Jerusalem, and 21 km northwest of .
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  • Type: Ruins
  • Description: archaeological site in Israel
  • Also known as: “Bayt Nattif” and “Beit Nattif”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Valley of Elah and Tel Sokho.

Valley
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The , Ella Valley, or Wadi es-Sunt, is a long, shallow valley in the area of . It is best known from the Hebrew Bible incident where David defeated Goliath.

Peak
Sokho is the name given to two ancient towns in the territorial domain of Judah as mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, west of the Judean hills. Both towns were given the name Shuweikah in Arabic, a diminutive of the Arabic shawk, meaning "thorn". is situated 2½ km southwest of Horbat Bet Netef.

Archaeological site
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, also known as Elah Fortress and in Hebrew as Horbat Qayafa, is the site of an ancient fortress city overlooking the and dated to the first half of the 10th century BCE. is situated 3½ km west of Horbat Bet Netef.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Netiv HaLamed-Heh and Aviezer.

Village
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is a kibbutz in central . Located in the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 682.

Village
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is a small religious moshav in central . Located seven kilometres south of , at the east end of the Elah valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 920. is situated 2½ km southeast of Horbat Bet Netef.

Village
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also known as Roglit, is a moshav in central . Located in the region and built upon an eminence in the far south-east end of the , it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. is situated 3 km southeast of Horbat Bet Netef.

Horbat Bet Netef

Latitude
31.69593° or 31° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
34.99526° or 34° 59′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G3PMXWW+94
Open­Street­Map ID
node 278470708
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q2902477
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Horbat Bet Netef” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت نتيف”
  • Arabic: “بيت نَتيِف”
  • French: “Bayt Nattif”
  • Hebrew: “בית נטיף”
  • Hebrew: “בית נתיף”
  • Hebrew: “חורבת בית נטיף”
  • Indonesian: “Bayt Nattif”
  • Persian: “بیت نتیف”
  • Polish: “Bajt Nattif”
  • Urdu: “بیت نتیف”

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