sentences:  Bayt ʿIṭāb is identified with "Enadab", a name that appears in a list of Palestinian
  towns compiled by Eusebius in the fourth century CE.In the mid-12th century, Bayt ʿIṭāb hosted an impressive "maison forte", or hall house, in the ancient centre of the modern village, that is thought to have served as the residence of Johannes Gothman, a Frankish crusader knight.The building had two stories, both vaulted; the ground floor entrance was protected by a slit-machicolation and had stairs leading to the basement and upper floor.