Bethmaus

Bethmaus, (Greek: Βηθμαούς) or Beth Maʿon (Hebrew: בית מעון), also called Maon, was a Jewish village during the Late Second Temple and Mishnaic periods, tentatively identified with the site of Nasir ad-Din by Guérin (1875) and with Tell Maʿūn slightly west of it by Kitchener (1881). Ishtori Haparchi had situated it in 1322 upon the hill directly north-west of the city of Tiberias, at a distance of one biblical mile, rising to an elevation of 250 metres (820 ft) above sea-level. It is now incorporated within the modern city bounds of Upper Tiberias. The remaining historical structure at the site is a sheikh's tomb.

Some modern researchers place the ancient Bethmaus (Ma'on) at the site of the ruined Arab village of Khirbet Nadhr ad-Din or Kh. Naṣr ad-Din, saying that with the passing of time, the old namesake was transferred to Tell Maʿūn, a short distance away. The Midrash (Genesis Rabba § 85:7) says of the village, "Beth Maʿon, they ascend to it from Tiberias, but they go down to it from Kefar Shobtai." The Jerusalem Talmud, citing a variant account, says that they would go down to Beth Maʿon from its broad place.

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