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Beth-shemesh 1

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Timnah Timnah Juttah Juttah Gederoth Gederoth Elonbeth-hanan Elonbeth-hanan Chesalon Chesalon Baalah Baalah Ashan Ashan Ain Ain Aijalon Aijalon Jerusalem Jerusalem +2 Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city site known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH CORNER GATE · EPHRAIM GATE · JERUSALEM · JUTTAH AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Chesalon ABOUT 5 MI (8 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Baalah 2 ABOUT 9 MI (14 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Corner Gate ABOUT 15 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Ephraim Gate ABOUT 15 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Juttah ABOUT 22 MI (35 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 2 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 15 MI (25 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

2 OTHER PLACES CALLED BETH-SHEMESH

12 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.7506, 34.9747

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ON WIKIDATA · Q152449