Sacred Atlas

Where Is It Today?

Where Is Beth-shemesh Today?

Beth-shemesh is identified with Tel Bet Shemesh. See modern location, confidence level, Scripture references, coordinates, and source attribution.

Modern locationmodern identification under review
ConfidenceApproximate
Scripture refs17

Approximate confidence

Modern identification

Tel Bet Shemesh - modern identification under review

Coordinates31.7506, 34.9747
Kindsettlement
Claims3
Sources2

Scripture anchors

Josh 15:10Josh 21:161 Sam 6:91 Sam 6:121 Sam 6:131 Sam 6:141 Sam 6:151 Sam 6:181 Sam 6:191 Sam 6:201 Kgs 4:92 Kgs 14:112 Kgs 14:131 Chr 6:592 Chr 25:212 Chr 25:232 Chr 28:18

Why this place is in the atlas

Beth-shemesh is a biblical place imported into Sacred Atlas from OpenBible.info with 17 Scripture references attached for review.

Claim ledger

foreignKeys[0] ancientId: a3b5b53, urlSlug: beth-shemesh-1, friendlyId: Beth-shemesh 1 OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0 - Approximate
identifications[0].coordinates latitude: 31.750621, longitude: 34.974744, precision: approximate OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data - CC-BY-4.0; upstream ODbL-1.0 - Approximate
scriptureReferences Josh 15:10, Josh 21:16, 1 Sam 6:9, 1 Sam 6:12 King James Version 1769 - Public-Domain - High