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    ancient Beth Shemesh, a biblical city in the territory of Judah. Its ruins can be found today at the archaeological site of Tel Beit Shemesh. The small...
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  • Beth Shemesh (House of the Sun) is the name of three places in the Land of Israel and one location in Ancient Egypt mentioned in the Hebrew Bible: a city...
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    Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh –...
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  • Israeli football club based in Beit Shemesh Beit Shemesh, Israeli pre-Biblical city Beth Shemesh, name of three distinct biblical places in Israel and...
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    out that the legend of Samson is set within the general vicinity of Beth Shemesh, a village whose name means "Temple of the Sun". They argued that the...
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    evidence of the collapse: Hazor Akko Megiddo Deir 'Alla (Sukkot) Bethel Beth Shemesh Lachish Ashdod Ashkelon Destruction was heaviest at palaces and fortified...
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  • Ben-Deker is recorded as including Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan. Instead of beth, some manuscripts read ben, the Hebrew word for "son...
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    cows, who head straight for Israel and do not waver. The ark stops at Beth Shemesh before finding a more permanent home at Kiriath-Jearim. Bill T. Arnold...
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  • Mesopotamian state Beer-Sheba Beirut Berea Beth-Anath Bethany Bethel Bethharan Bethlehem Bethsaida Beth Shemesh in Judah (distinct from those in Naphtali...
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    village of Bethsamys (Beit Shemesh)", a locale that corresponds with Conder's identification. The same site, near Beth Shemesh, has also been identified...
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    (2023). "Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah: Khirbet Qeiyafa, Beth Shemesh 4, Tell en-Naṣbeh, Khirbet ed-Dawwara, and Lachish V". Jerusalem Journal...
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    proper noun, the name of a god who has his temple (house) there - cf. Beth Shemesh etc. Accordingly the literal version, House of Bread, has been put down...
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    (2023). "Early City Planning in the Kingdom of Judah: Khirbet Qeiyafa, Beth Shemesh 4, Tell en-Naṣbeh, Khirbet ed-Dawwara, and Lachish V", in: Jerusalem...
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    field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and the Beth-shemites offered sacrifices and burnt offerings. Out of curiosity the men of Beth-shemesh gazed at the Ark;...
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    Cécile, et al., "Archaeo-Material Study of the Cuneiform Tablet from Tel Beth-Shemesh", Tel Aviv 51.1, pp. 3-17, 2024 [2]Ferrara, Silvia, "A ‘top-down’ re-invention...
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  • ISBN 978-965-222-163-6. Bunimovitz, Shlomo; Lederman, Tzvi (2016-05-09). Tel Beth-Shemesh: A Border Community in Judah: Renewed Excavations 1990–2000: The Iron...
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  • though still largely in the south. These include examples from Lachish, Beth Shemesh, and 'Izbet Sartah. The inscription from the 'Izbet Sartah ostracon seems...
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    14:9). In his resentment, Amaziah rushed into a disastrous battle at Beth-shemesh, and a humiliating defeat overtook his army and the land. The king was...
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  • solar hero, based on the etymology of his name, his birthplace near Beth-Shemesh, details of Psalm 19, and the similarity between Samson's seven locks...
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    several months; in 1 Samuel 6, the return of the Ark to the Israelites of Beth Shemesh is described. A few biblical texts, such as the Ark Narrative and stories...
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    Holy of Holies Tabernacle Ai Shiloh Gibeah Gilgal Eben-Ezer Philistia Beth Shemesh Kiriath-Jearim Temple Mount Dome of the Rock Well of Souls Cathedral...
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    Jerusalem: 281 Ramat Rahel: 163 Mordot Arnona: 124 Gibeon: 92 Mizpah: 88 Beth Shemesh: 71 Moresheth-Gath: 39 Gezer: 37 Khirbet el-Burj (northwest suburb of...
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  • Hebrew: בית לחם Biblical Hebrew with vowels: בֵּית לָחֶם Beth Lehem Meaning: House of Bread Beth Shemesh Village Paleo-Hebrew: 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤔𐤌𐤔 Transliteration:...
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    187–188; 196–199 (Hebrew); Shalom ben Yiḥya Qoraḥ, Iggeret Bokhim, Beth Shemesh 1963, p. 18 (Hebrew). One of Rabbi Qafih's students who would later rise...
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    Investigation of Thirteenth-Twelfth Centuries BC Bronze Objects from Tel Beth-Shemesh, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 6: 170–181". Journal...
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  • Yehuda Shalom Gross, in Hebrew, published by Mifal Zohar Hoilumi, Ramat Beth Shemesh, Israel, Heb. year 5761 (2001 CE); also available at israel613.com accessed...
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    his displeasure known, and they later return it. The ark arrives at Beth-shemesh, where God slays fifty thousand men for gazing upon it (1 Samuel 6)....
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    downfall and that of Judah also?" Jehoash utterly defeated Amaziah at Beth-shemesh, on the borders of Dan and Philistia. Jehoash then advanced on Jerusalem...
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  • el-Kebir, At Tell al Kebīr, Tel el Kebir, Et Tell el Kebir also known as Beth Shemesh, Aven, Heliopolis. Dumper, Michael; Stanley, Bruce E. (2006). Cities...
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  • pp. 27–28. § B2. Niemann, Hermann Michael (1999). "Zorah, Eshtaol, Beth-Shemesh and Dan's Migration to the South: A Region and its Traditions in the...
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