Beth Shemesh (House of the Sun) is the name of three places in the Land of Israel and one location in Ancient Egypt mentioned in the Hebrew Bible:

• a city in southwest Judah, remains excavated next to modern Beit Shemesh – see Tel Beit Shemesh

• a city in northern Israel allocated to the Tribe of Naphtali

• a city allocated to the tribe of Issachar () – possibly `Ain esh-Shemsîyeh

• On-Heliopolis, in Egypt, mentioned in Jeremiah 43:13

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