En-shemesh

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  En-shemesh
     fountain of the sun a spring which formed one of the landmarks
     on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin (Josh. 15:7; 18:17).
     It was between the "ascent of Adummim" and the spring of
     En-rogel, and hence was on the east of Jerusalem and of the
     Mount of Olives. It is the modern 'Ain-Haud i.e., the "well of


     the apostles" about a mile east of Bethany, the only spring on
     the road to Jericho. The sun shines on it the whole day long.
     

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

  En-shemesh, fountain, or eye, of the sun