בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ
bet she.mesh
“Beth-shemesh”
Definition
Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine
from H1004 (בַּיִת) and H8121 (שֶׁמֶשׁ); house of (the) sun;
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
בֵּית שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ appears 18 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;
Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
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