Beth-El-Aphrah (R. V.) Aphrah (A. V.)

Beth-el-aphrah — printed in UPDV as "Beth-le-aphrah" — appears once in the Hebrew Bible, in Micah's lament over the cities of the Shephelah, where it is identified as a place in Philistia.

A Place in Philistia

The site is folded into the prophet's stylized roll-call of doomed towns, paired with a refusal to broadcast the disaster: "Don't tell it in Gath, don't weep at all: at Beth-le-aphrah I have rolled myself in the dust" (Mic 1:10). The dust-rolling is a sign of mourning, and the place-name carries it.