# בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ (beytshemesh)

Israeli respelling: beyt-she-mesh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1053. 19 Old Testament occurrences.

Beth-Shemesh, a place in Palestine

King James renderings: Beth-shemesh.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/beytshemesh-h1053

## Occurrences

- [Joshua 15:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/15/10) — And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the no…
- [Joshua 19:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/22) — And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with the…
- [Joshua 19:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/19/38) — And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.
- [Joshua 21:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/21/16) — And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
- [Judges 1:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/1/33) — Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inh…
- [1 Samuel 6:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/9) — And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know th…
- [1 Samuel 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/12) — And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the…
- [1 Samuel 6:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/13) — And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see…
- [1 Samuel 6:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/15) — And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great…
- [1 Samuel 6:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/19) — And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and three…
- [1 Samuel 6:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/20) — And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
- [1 Kings 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/9) — The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
- [2 Kings 14:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/11) — But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Be…
- [2 Kings 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/14/13) — And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and br…
- [1 Chronicles 6:59](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/59) — And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
- [2 Chronicles 25:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/21) — So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belonge…
- [2 Chronicles 25:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/25/23) — And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusale…
- [2 Chronicles 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/28/18) — The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Geder…
- [Jeremiah 43:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/43/13) — He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with…