[7] At Beit Einun, six burial caves were discovered,[8] containing several ossuaries dating back to the 1st century CE.

[9] Several scholars suggest that the presence of the name Selacus on one of the ossuaries, which may incorporate the theophoric element "Qos", indicates the existence of a Judaized Edomite community there during the Late Roman period, several generations after the Second Temple's destruction.

It is a part of a complex building in which living quarters and storage rooms, as well as water cisterns were found.

[10][13] Beit 'Einun is mentioned in the Waqf dedication given by the Islamic prophet Muhammad to Tamim al-Dari, a sahaba ("companion").

It had a population of 18 Muslim households, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, vineyards, fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or bee hives.

There is a spring to the wast, and on the south a small ruined chapel; the walls and pillar-chafts remaining; this is called el Keniseh.

"[21] Beit Einun is situated in the 'Anun Valley, at the bottom of a hill in the Judea region, forming the beginning of a fertile plain cultivated with vines and grains.

Other nearby localities include, Sa'ir and ash-Shuyukh to the northeast, Halhul to the northwest, Beit Kahil to the west and Ras Abu Risha to the southeast.