Nave's Topical Bible
SHEMESH
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Nave's Topical Bible
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for BETH-SHEMESH.
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Nave’s Topical Bible references for SHEMESH.
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house of the sun
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fountain, or eye, of the sun
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(Heb. shemesh), first mentioned along with the moon as the two great luminaries of heaven (Gen. 1:14-18). By their motions and influence they were intended to mark and divide times and seasons. The worship of the sun was one of the oldest forms of false religion (Job 31:26, 27), and was common among the Egyptians and Chaldeans and other pagan nations. The Jews were warned against this form of idolatry (Deut. 4:19; 17:3; comp. 2 Kings 23:11; Jer. 19:13).
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