Beth-palet

Beth-palet (UPDV: Beth-pelet) is a town in the south of Judah listed both in Joshua's allotment roster and in the post-exilic settlement record of Nehemiah, where the same Judahites resettle the southern villages.

In Judah's Southern Towns

The Joshua town list places Beth-pelet in a cluster of southern settlements: "and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet," (Jos 15:27). The grouping with Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon locates the town in the southernmost stretch of Judah's inheritance.

Among the Post-Exilic Judahite Villages

The catalogue of villages reoccupied by the children of Judah after the return reuses the same town name: "and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth-pelet," (Ne 11:26). The pairing with Moladah, another southern Judahite town, ties the post-exilic Beth-pelet to the pre-exilic site of the Joshua list.