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Strong's #1053 - בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ
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Beth-shemesh = “house of the sun” or “sun-temple”
1) a town in southwest Judah
2) a town in Naphtali
3) a town in Issachar
4) a town in Egypt
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1 city in southwest Judah Joshua 15:10; 1 Samuel 6:9,12 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 6:13,15,19,20; 1 Kings 4:9; 2 Kings 14:13 2 Chronicles 25:23; 28:18; distinguished from other places of same name as אֲשֶׁר לִיהוּדָה׳שׁ ׳בּ 2 Kings 14:11 2 Chronicles 25:21; assigned to Levites Joshua 21:16 = 1 Chronicles 6:44; — ruin at modern `Ain Shems Rob BR ii. 223f. Bd Pal 163 Survey iii. 35,60.
2 city in Naphtali Joshua 19:38; Judges 1:33 (twice in verse)
3 city in Issachar Joshua 19:22; possibly `Ain esh-Shemsîyeh, Jordan valley, south of Beisân (Beth Shean) Survey ii. 231.
4 = On-Heliopolis, in Egypt Jeremiah 43:13 Rob BR i. 25 Eb GS 505f. Dl Pa 318 f.