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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Bethzur
     house of rock, a town in the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:58),
     about 4 miles to the north of Hebron. It was built by Rehoboam
     for the defence of his kingdom (2 Chr. 11:7). It stood near the
     modern ed-Dirweh. Its ruins are still seen on a hill which bears
     the name of Beit-Sur, and which commands the road from


     Beer-sheba and Hebron to Jerusalem from the south.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Beth-zur, house of a rock
  

















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