This document is about **Beth Shemesh (City of Naphtali Tribe)**. For other homonyms, please refer to the Beth Shemesh document.
One of the cities belonging to the tribe of Naphtali.
Josh 19:35The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth,Josh 19:36Adamah, Ramah, Hazor,Josh 19:37Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor,Josh 19:38Iron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh—nineteen cities with their villages.Josh 19:39This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
The people of the Naphtali tribe could not drive out the Canaanite natives of this region and made them serve as slaves.
Judg 1:33Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh or the inhabitants of Beth Anath, but lived among the Canaanites who lived in the land; nevertheless, the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced labor for them.