Bayt Nuba
Bayt Nuba (Arabic: بيت نوبا) was a Palestinian Arab village, located halfway between Jerusalem and al-Ramla.
Bayt Nuba
بيت نوبا Bait Nuba, Beit Nubah, Beit Nouba | |
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| Etymology: "House of Nuba" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Nuba (click the buttons) | |
Bayt Nuba Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°51′12″N 35°1′57″E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/139 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 7 June 1967 (?) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Israeli forces |
| Current Localities | Mevo Horon |
Historically identified with the biblical city of Nob mentioned in the Book of Samuel, that association has been eschewed in modern times. The village is mentioned in extrabiblical sources including the writings of 5th-century Roman geographers, 12th-century Crusaders and a Jewish traveller, a 13th-century Syrian geographer, a 15th-century Arab historian, and Western travellers in the 19th century.
In the Crusader period, Kurds settled in Bayt Nuba. Other residents of the village had origins in Transjordan. Depopulated by Israeli forces during the 1967 war, it was subsequently leveled by military engineers using controlled explosions, and the Israeli settlement of Mevo Horon was established on its lands in 1970.