1. 1 Samuel 6:12 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Where was Beth-shemesh?

1 Samuel 6:12 (ESV)

12 And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.

Beth-shemesh was a Levitical city or village in the territory of Judah (Joshua 21:9–16). The name itself means house of the sun god.1 It was one of the cities taken by the Israelites in the conquest of the land of Canaan.