images = standing images, or obelisks. Probably Asherim. See App-42.
Beth-shemesh. Hebrew = House (or Temple) of the Sun; Greek, "Heliopolis"; Egyptian, "On"; about ten miles northeast of Cairo.
that is in the land of Egypt. This is to distinguish it from the Beth-shemesh of Jos_15:10. Jdg_1:33. 1Sa_6:9, 1Sa_6:19. See note on Isa_19:19; and App-81.