Bible Location
Meaning: house of the sun · 1 cross reference · Modern-day map available
This Beth-shemesh entry refers to the site near the southern edge of Issachar, distinct from both the Judahite and Naphtalite places of the same name. It is important because it preserves a third location under a familiar biblical name. First appears in Josh 19:22.1
AI summary: This Beth-shemesh has only a small textual footprint, but its distinctness matters. Rather than the famous border city or the northern Naphtali town, this entry belongs to the Issachar region. Its role is therefore primarily geographic, showing that the same name could recur across the land. The cross references present this Beth-shemesh as a separate settlement marker that should not be merged with the better-known pages.1
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
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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.