§ Beth-shemesh = "house of the sun" or "sun-temple" a town in southwest Judah
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bet she.mesh · Beth-shemesh · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Joshua 15:10 · בֵּֽית־ · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁand the border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed along to the side of Mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth Shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;Joshua 19:22 · וּבֵ֣ית · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁThe border reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh. Their border ended at the Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.Joshua 19:38 · וּבֵ֣ית · שָׁ֑מֶשׁIron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.Joshua 21:16 · בֵּ֥ית · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁAin with its suburbs, Juttah with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.Judges 1:33 · בֵֽית־ · שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ · בֵֽית־ · שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.1 Samuel 6:9 · בֵּ֣ית · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁBehold; if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it was a chance that happened to us.”1 Samuel 6:12 · בֵּ֣ית · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ · בֵּ֥ית · שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.1 Samuel 6:13 · וּבֵ֣ית · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁThey of Beth Shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.1 Samuel 6:15 · בֵֽית־ · שֶׁ֗מֶשׁThe Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.1 Samuel 6:19 · בֵֽית־ · שֶׁ֗מֶשׁHe struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.1 Samuel 6:20 · בֵֽית־ · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁThe men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”1 Kings 4:9 · וּבֵ֣ית · שָׁ֑מֶשׁBen Deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;2 Kings 14:11 · בְּבֵ֥ית · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁBut Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.2 Kings 14:13 · בְּבֵ֣ית · שָׁ֑מֶשׁJehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth Shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.1 Chronicles 6:59 · בֵּ֥ית · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁand Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth Shemesh with its suburbs;2 Chronicles 25:21 · בְּבֵ֥ית · שֶׁ֖מֶשׁSo Joash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth Shemesh, which belongs to Judah.2 Chronicles 25:23 · בְּבֵ֣ית · שָׁ֑מֶשׁJoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth Shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.2 Chronicles 28:18 · בֵּֽית־ · שֶׁ֨מֶשׁThe Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth Shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with its towns, and Timnah with its towns, Gimzo also and its towns: and they lived there.Jeremiah 43:13 · בֵּ֣ית · שֶׁ֔מֶשׁHe shall also break the pillars of Beth Shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire.