Beth-shemesh

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Beth-shemesh
     house of the sun. (1.) A sacerdotal city in the tribe of Dan
     (Josh. 21:16; 1 Sam. 6:15), on the north border of Judah (Josh.
     15:10). It was the scene of an encounter between Jehoash, king
     of Israel, and Amaziah, king of Judah, in which the latter was
     made prisoner (2 Kings 14:11, 13). It was afterwards taken by


     the Philistines (2 Chr. 28:18). It is the modern ruined Arabic
     village 'Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes of the mountains of
     Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem.
     
       (2.) A city between Dothan and the Jordan, near the southern
     border of Issachar (Josh. 19:22), 7 1/2 miles south of
     Beth-shean. It is the modern Ain-esh-Shemsiyeh.
     
       (3.) One of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38),
     between Mount Tabor and the Jordan. Now Khurbet Shema, 3 miles
     west of Safed. But perhaps the same as No. 2.
     
       (4.) An idol sanctuary in Egypt (Jer. 43:13); called by the
     Greeks Heliopolis, and by the Egyptians On (q.v.), Gen. 41:45.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Beth-shemesh, house of the sun