Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(cave-house). A town of Benjamin (Josh. 16:3,5; 1 Kings 9:17; 1 Chron. 7:24).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
Two towns called the “upper” and the “nether,” though also spoken of as one, on the boundary between Benjamin and Ephraim. They were allotted to Ephraim, and given to the Kohathites. The district is memorable as where Joshua conquered the Amorites, and near which God smote them with hailstones (Josh. 10:10-11; Josh. 16:3, 5; Josh. 18:13-14; Josh. 21:22; 1 Sam. 13:18). In 1 Chronicles 7:24 these towns are said to have been built by Sherah, apparently the grand-daughter of Ephraim. Solomon also built or rebuilt them (1 Kings 9:17; 2 Chron. 8:5).
It was near these cities that Judas Maccabaeus won his victory over Seron; and here that the Roman Cestius Gallus was signally defeated. The places are still called upper, el Foka, and lower, et Tahta, with the general name of Beit Ur, 31° 53’ and 54’ N, 35° 6’ and 5’ E.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 1004 and 2356; house of hollowness; Beth-Choron, the name of two adjoining places in Palestine
Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:
consumer’s house: cavernous house
Potts’ Bible Proper Names:
The place of the great cave; house of hollowness; the house of wrath:-name of two places in Palestine, Josh. 10:10. {Locus cavernae magnae}