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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(
house
of the
sun
). (1) A Levitical town of N.
Judah
(
Josh. 15:10; 21:16
10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (Joshua 15:10)
16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (Joshua 21:16)
). Now Ainshems. (2) A border city of
Issachar
(
Josh. 19:22
22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:22)
). (3) A fenced city of
Naphtali
(
Josh. 19:38
38
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:38)
;
Judg. 1:33
33
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. (Judges 1:33)
). (4) Probably Heliopolis,
Egypt
(
Jer. 43:13
13
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. (Jeremiah 43:13)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
1.
A Levitical town on the
north
border of
Judah
, to where the ark was miraculously guided by
God
when sent back by the
Philistines
from
Ekron
, and where the people were smitten for looking into it. Here
Amaziah
king of Judah was defeated by
Jehoash
king of
Israel
. It was afterward occupied by the Philistines (
Josh. 15:10
10
And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed on to Timnah: (Joshua 15:10)
;
Josh. 21:16
16
And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (Joshua 21:16)
;
1 Sam. 6:9-20
9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
10
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11
And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
13
And they 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.
14
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord.
15
And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein 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 unto the Lord.
16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18
And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
20
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? (1 Samuel 6:9‑20)
;
1 Kings 4:9
9
The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan: (1 Kings 4:9)
;
2 Kings 14:11, 13
11
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. (2 Kings 14:11)
13
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. (2 Kings 14:13)
;
1 Chron. 6:59
59
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:59)
;
2 Chron. 25:21, 23
21
So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. (2 Chronicles 25:21)
23
And Joash the 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. (2 Chronicles 25:23)
;
2 Chron. 28:18
18
The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. (2 Chronicles 28:18)
). Identified with
Ain
Shems
, 31° 45’ N, 34° 59’ E.
2.
Border town of
Issachar
(
Josh. 19:22
22
And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-shemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:22)
). Identified by some with
Ain esh Shemsiyeh
, 32° 24’ N, 35° 31’ E.
3.
Fenced city of
Naphtali
(
Josh. 19:38
38
And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:38)
;
Judg. 1:33
33
Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributaries unto them. (Judges 1:33)
).
4.
Idolatrous temple in
Egypt
(
Jer. 43:13
13
He shall break also the images of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. (Jeremiah 43:13)
). Supposed from its signification, “
house
of the
sun
,” to be the same as ON, or Heliopolis, associated with sun-
worship
.
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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
1053
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Beyth
Phonic:
Shemesh
Meaning:
from
1004
and
8121
; house of (the) sun; Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
KJV Usage:
Beth-shemesh
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
house of the sun
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
House of the sun:― a place in Palestine [IR-SHEMESH], Jer. 43:13. {Domus solis}
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