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Bethshemesh

Town · today Tel Rosh

Location likely About 140 km (90 miles) north of Jerusalem

Beth-shemesh in the Bible Dictionary · Another Bethshemesh (town · Joshua 15:10) · Another Bethshemesh (town · Joshua 19:22)

Named in 2 Verses

  • Joshua 19:38 And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
  • Judges 1:33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

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