Beth-aram

Beth-aram is a fortified town in the Gadite allotment east of the Jordan, appearing in UPDV under the closely related forms Beth-haram and Beth-haran in two passages that describe the same valley settlement.

In the Gadite Allotment

The Joshua boundary description for Gad lists Beth-haram among the valley towns east of the Jordan: "and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, the Jordan and the border [of it], to the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan eastward" (Jos 13:27). The town sits in the Jordan valley as part of what had been Sihon's kingdom.

Among the Fortified Cities Rebuilt by Gad

When the children of Gad rebuild their inheritance, the same place reappears under the form Beth-haran beside its valley neighbor: "and Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran: fortified cities, and folds for sheep" (Nu 32:36). The pairing with Beth-nimrah, the fortified-city designation, and the valley setting tie the Numbers entry to the Joshua list, marking Beth-haram and Beth-haran as the same Gadite stronghold.