(house of rock) a town in the mountains of Judah, built by Jeroboam, (Joshua 15:58; 2 Chronicles 11:7) now Beit-zur . It commands the road from Beersheba and Hebron, which has always been the main approach to Jerusalem from the south.
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Bethzur
Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.