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Beth Shemesh

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Beth Shemesh (House of the Sun) is the name of three distinct biblical places in Israel and one location in Egypt also mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:

Map of Bet Shemesh, Israel

  • a city in southwest Judah, remains excavated next to modern Beit Shemesh
  • a city in northern Israel allocated to the Tribe of Naphtali
  • a city allocated to the tribe of Issachar (Joshua 19:22) - possibly `Ain esh-Shemsîyeh
  • On-Heliopolis, in Egypt, mentioned in Jeremiah 43:13.

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