Bible Location
1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
Ir-shemesh was the town on the border of Judah and Dan associated with the old sun-name tradition. It is important because it preserves a boundary place under a title that reflects older naming layers in the land. First appears in Josh 19:41.1
Coordinates
31.75, 34.98
First appears
Josh 19:41
AI summary: Ir-shemesh matters because boundary geography can also preserve traces of older cultural and religious naming. The place belongs to the frontier between tribal territories in the western hill-country edge.1
Latitude
31.75
Longitude
34.98
Bible references
1
| Book | Cross-References |
|---|---|
| Josh |
Figure1: A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.)
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.