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Beth-shemesh

Cityaka Beth-shemesh

One of the fenced cities of Naphtali (Josh. 19:38), between Mount Tabor and the Jordan. Now Khurbet Shema, 3 miles west of Safed. But perhaps the same as No. 2.

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Key verses

Judges 1:33
Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.
Joshua 19:38
Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.