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Beth-hogla; Beth-hoglah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(partridge-house). A place in boundary of Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:6; 18:19-21⁶And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: (Joshua 15:6)
¹⁹And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. ²⁰And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. ²¹Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, (Joshua 18:19‑21)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Border city between Judah and Benjamin belonging to the latter (Josh. 15:6⁶And the border went up to Beth-hogla, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: (Joshua 15:6); Josh. 18:19,21¹⁹And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. (Joshua 18:19)
²¹Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, (Joshua 18:21)). Identified with Ain Hajlah, 31° 50’ N, 35° 31 E.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

house of the languished feast