Bible Dictionary
Shearing-house
The shearing-house was a place between Samaria and Jezreel where Jehu encountered and killed forty-two members of the royal family of Judah. The Hebrew name may also be a proper place-name.
Definition
The shearing-house was a place between Samaria and Jezreel, also understood as Beth-eked, “house of gathering” or “house of shepherds binding sheep.”
Biblical Usage
Jehu encountered and killed forty-two members of Judah’s royal family at this place.
Historical Background
The Hebrew expression may be a descriptive designation or a proper place-name.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(2 Kings 10:12, 14; marg., “house of shepherds binding sheep.” R.V., “the shearing-house of the shepherds;” marg., “house of gathering”), some place between Samaria and Jezreel, where Jehu slew “two and forty men” of the royal family of Judah. The Heb. word Beth-eked so rendered is supposed by some to be a proper name.