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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan Joshua 21:16

Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan 1 Samuel 6:15

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan 1 Chronicles 6:59

Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh, together with their pasturelands.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan in Later Times Transferred to the Tribe of Judah 2 Kings 14:11

But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: Amaziah Taken Prisoner At 2 Kings 14:11–13

But Amaziah would not listen, and Jehoash king of Israel advanced. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah. / And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home. / There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: Amaziah Taken Prisoner At 2 Chronicles 25:21–23

So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh in Judah. / And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his own home. / There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: Called Beth-Shmesh Joshua 19:41

The territory of their inheritance included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh,

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: Mentioned in Solomon's Commission Districts 1 Kings 4:9

Ben-deker in Makaz, in Shaalbim, in Beth-shemesh, and in Elon-beth-hanan;

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: On the Northern Border of Territory of the Tribe of Judah Joshua 15:10

The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: On the Northern Border of Territory of the Tribe of Judah 1 Samuel 6:9, 12

but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.” / And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

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Beth-Shemesh: A Priestly City of the Tribe of Dan: Retaken by the Philistines 2 Chronicles 28:18

The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.

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