Dict: smith - BETHSHEMESH

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BETHSHEMESH - B>@ - (house of the sun). One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:10) It is now ’Ainshems , about two miles from the great Philistine plain, and seven from Ekron. A city on the border of Issachar. kjv@Joshua:19:22) One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali. kjv@Joshua:19:38; kjv@Judges:1:33) An idolatrous temple, or place in Egypt. kjv@Jeremiah:43:13) In the middle ages Heliopolis was still called by the Arabs Ain Shems .