Bethdagon
A widow, with her children, waits to glean the fields that Nicodemus owns at Emmaus on the Plain. She praises Jesus incognito. She comes from afar and will be rewarded by the overflowing measure that Nicodemus provides to all the needy.
Description
There is only one fleeting reference in the work to this village on the Judean plain: the widow come to glean in Nicodemus' fields:"I come from a village between Lydda and Bethdagon. But when one needs relief, Lord, one runs even if the road is a long one!"[1]
Its name
Bethdagon, Beth-Dagon, Khirbet Dajun, means "The house of Dagon". This god was particularly honored by the Philistines.
Where is it mentioned in the work?
GRM 407
Learn more about this place
Beth Dagon of Judea (it has a namesake in the tribe of Asher) is mentioned in Joshua 15:41.
The exact location of the site is still under discussion today, but it seems that the site of Khirbet Dajan, containing Roman remains, is the most likely.
Explore
- 32° 00’ 00’’ N / 34° 49’ 56’’ E /
- +35m
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Notes and references
Article partially based on the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Jean-François Lavère.