Atlas Biblica

    name · 3 places

    Beth-shemesh

    3 places in the registry answer to the name Beth-shemesh.

    Beth-shemesh is named far more often than the others together, so a search for the bare name lands there rather than here.

    01 — Candidates

    Which Beth-shemesh

    Ordered by how often the text names each one, the entities called Beth-shemesh before those that answer to it. Where two read the same, the registry says no more than that — the first reference is what separates them.

    1. Beth-shemeshplaceholds /places/beth-shemesh/

      First named in Joshua 15:10 · 19 verses

      Beth-shemesh was a city allotted to Judah and the Levites, associated with the return of the Ark of the Covenant from the Philistines. (Multiple references, see article for details)STEPBible TIPNR

    2. Beth-shemeshplace

      First named in Joshua 19:38 · 2 verses

      Beth-shemesh was a fortified city in the territory of Naphtali, from which the Naphtalites did not drive out the Canaanites.STEPBible TIPNR

    3. Beth-shemeshplace

      First named in Joshua 19:22 · one verse

      Beth-shemesh was a border town in the territory of Issachar. (<ref="Joshua 19:22">Joshua 19:22</ref>)STEPBible TIPNR

    02 — Elsewhere

    Every one of them, and the rest

    A name page answers one question and ends here, so the routes out are the indexes the candidates came from.

    IndexPlacesEvery place in Atlas Biblica, most connected first.IndexShared namesEvery name in the registry carried by more than one person, place or group.