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(Βηθμαούς ), a place located by Josephus (Life, § 12) at 12 stadia from Tiberias, toward Sepphoris, and thought by Lightfoot (Chorogr. ch. 78) to be the Beth-Maon (בית מעון ) of the Talmud (Totsephath Shebiith, ch. 7), in Lower Galilee; probably the present ruins Kulat Ibn-Maan, a little west of Mejdel (Magdala), along the Sea of Galilee (comp. Schwarz, p. 177). (See BETH-MEON); (See MAON).