Beth-shemesh

Name means “house of the sun”Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary: “Beth-shemesh, house of the sun”

First named: Joshua 19:22

Town Undetermined

Disputed identification: Its location is disputed; scholars have proposed several different modern sites for it.

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Named in Scripture, but with no story of its own here — kept for the connections graph.

References: Joshua 19:22

No person with a full profile is named in Scripture at this place — kept here for the connections graph.