Bethdagon in tribu Iudae. Sed et usque hodie grandis vicus Caferdago inter Diospolim et Iamniam de-mon-stratur.
(Jerome 51:15-16)

BIBLICAL BACKGROUND

Jos 15:20-21.33.37-41 Cities of Judas
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their families. 21 The towns belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme South, toward the boundary of Edom, were ...
... 33 And in the Lowland... 37 Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, 38 Dilan, Mizpeh, Jokthe-el, 39 Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, 40 Cabbon, Lahmam, Chitlish, 41 Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah: sixteen towns with their villages.