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Beth-shemesh

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The source enumerates 4 distinct subjects under Beth-shemesh. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh.
  2. 2.A city between Dothan and the Jordan, near the southern border of Issachar (Josh.
  3. 3.One of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh.
  4. 4.An idol sanctuary in Egypt (Jer.

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  1. Beth-shemesh (1)

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    A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh. 15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Judah, in which the latter was made prisoner (2 Kings 14:11, 13). It was afterwards taken by the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is the modern ruined Arabic village ‘Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes of the mountains of Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem.

  2. Beth-shemesh (2)

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    A city between Dothan and the Jordan, near the southern border of Issachar (Josh. 19:22), 7 1/2 miles south of Beth-shean. It is the modern Ain-esh-Shemsiyeh.

  3. Beth-shemesh (3)

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    One of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), between Mount Tabor and the Jordan. Now Khurbet Shema, 3 miles west of Safed. But perhaps the same as No. 2.

  4. Beth-shemesh (4)

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    An idol sanctuary in Egypt (Jer. 43:13); called by the Greeks Heliopolis, and by the Egyptians On (q.v.), Gen. 41:45.

In the Bible

20

Verses where Beth-shemesh is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 6:59

    Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

  • 1 Kings 4:9

    Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

  • 1 Samuel 6:9

    but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”

  • 1 Samuel 6:12

    And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

  • 1 Samuel 6:13

    Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.

  • 1 Samuel 6:14

    The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

+14 more verses naming Beth-shemesh.

Scripture on Beth-shemesh

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Beth-shemesh references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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