- Bethshemesh:
- "And Iron,ª and Migdalel,ª Horem,ª and Bethanath,ª and Bethshemesh;ª nineteenªª citiesª with their villages.ª" {Jsh 19:38} + "And Ainª with¹ her suburbs,ª and Juttahª with¹ her suburbs,ª [and]¹ Bethshemeshª with¹ her suburbs;ª nineª citiesª out of¹¹ those¹ twoª tribes.ª" {Jsh 21:16} + "And see,ª° if¹ it goeth upª° by the wayª of his own coastª to Bethshemesh,ª [then] he¹ hath doneª° us¹ this¹ greatª evil:ª but if¹ not,¹ then we shall knowª° that¹ [it is] not¹ his handª [that] smoteª° us: it¹ [was] a chanceª [that] happened¹ to us.²° ... And he smoteª° the menª of Bethshemesh,ª because¹ they had lookedª° into the arkª of the LORD,ª even he smoteª° of the peopleª fiftyª thousandª and threescore and tenª men:²¹ and the peopleª lamented,ª° because¹ the LORDª had smittenª° [many] of the peopleª with a greatª slaughter.ª" {1Sm 6:9-19}
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