Bethshemesh] Bethshemesh a Citie of the Priests, in the Tribe of Judah, on the North-border of it, Iosh. II. 16. and XV. 10. 1. Chron. VI. 59. Here Amaziah of Iudah fighting against Iehoash of Israel was vanquished and taken, 2 King. XIV. 2 Chron. XXV. There was another Bethshemesh a fenced Citie of Naphtali, Iosh XIX. 38. Iudg. I. 33. Another Bethshemesh, a prime Citie in Egypt, Ier. XLIII. 13. called anciently On, in later times Damieta. Bethshemesh signifies the house of the Sun; and the Cities so called, from the Temples of the Sun built therein, and the idol-worship of the Sun by the ancient inhabitants practised there.