Encyclopedia of The Bible – Beth-Le-Aphrah
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Beth-Le-Aphrah

BETH-LE-APHRAH bĕth’ lĭ ăf’ rə (בֵּ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה, LXX tr. it as, house of dust), KJV HOUSE OF APHRAH. An unidentified town mentioned in Micah 1:10. J. Simons suggests Wadi el Ghafr between ed-Daweimeh and Tell ed-Duweir. Since the expression is clearly a play on words, it may be an allusion to another city such as Ophrah or Bethel.

Bibliography J. Simons, The Geographical and Topographical Texts of the OT (1959), 472.