McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ir-shemesh

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ir-shemesh


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(Heb. id. òַéø ùֶׁîֶùׁ , in pause ùׁ îֶùׁ òַéø , city of the sun; Sept. ðüëéò ÓÜìåò , Vulg. Hirsemes, id est civitas solis), a town on the border of Dan, mentioned between Eshtaol and Shaalabbin (Jos_19:41); probably the same as the BETH-SHEMIESH SEE BETH-SHEMIESH (q.v.) of Jos_15:10.