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Bethshemesh

Town

Location disputed Sheikh esh Shamsawi: about 100 km (65 miles) north of Jerusalem

Where Scholars Place It

  • Sheikh esh Shamsawi Possible
  • El Abeidiyeh Possible

Beth-shemesh in the Bible Dictionary · Another Bethshemesh (town · Joshua 15:10) · Another Bethshemesh (town · Joshua 19:38)

Named in 1 Verse

  • Joshua 19:22 And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.

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