1 Kings 4:9

Good News Translation

Bendeker: the cities of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, Elon, and Beth Hanan

Cross References

Joshua 15:10

where it circled west of Baalah toward the hill country of Edom, went on the north side of Mount Jearim (or Chesalon), down to Beth Shemesh, and on past Timnah.

Joshua 19:42

Shaalbim, Aijalon, Ithlah,

Joshua 19:43

Elon, Timnah, Ekron,

Joshua 21:16

Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, with their pasture lands: nine cities from the tribes of Judah and Simeon.

Judges 1:35

The Amorites continued to live at Aijalon, Shaalbim, and Mount Heres, but the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh kept them under their rule and forced them to work for them.

1 Samuel 6:12

The cows started off on the road to Beth Shemesh and headed straight toward it, without turning off the road. They were mooing as they went. The five Philistine kings followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 6:20

So the men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? Where can we send him to get him away from us?”

1 Samuel 6:9

Then watch it go; if it goes toward the town of Beth Shemesh, this means that it is the God of the Israelites who has sent this terrible disaster on us. But if it doesn't, then we will know that he did not send the plague; it was only a matter of chance.”