1. Judges 1:33 (ESV)
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What do the names "Beth-shemesh" and "Beth-anath" mean?

Judges 1:33 (ESV)

33 Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, so they lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land. Nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them.

Beth-shemesh means house/temple of the sun and Beth-anath means house/temple of Anath.1

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