And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,

And the border of their possession was Saraa and Esthaol, and Hirsemes, that is, the city of the sun,

Joshua 15:33 But in the plains: Estaol and Sarea and Asena,

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Judges 13:2,25 Now there was a certain man of Saraa, and of the race of Dan, whose name was Manue, and his wife was barren. . . .

Judges 16:31 And his brethren and all his kindred, going down took his body, and buried it between Saraa and Esthaol, in the buryingplace of his father Manue: and he judged Israel twenty years.

Judges 18:2 So the children of Dan sent five most valiant men, of their stock and family, from Saraa and Esthaol, to spy out the land, and to view it diligently: and they said to them: Go, and view the land. They went on their way, and when they came to mount Ephraim, they went into the house of Michas, and rested there:

1 Chronicles 2:53 And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites.

2 Chronicles 11:10 Saraa also, and Aialon, and Hebron, which are in Juda and Benjamin, well fenced cities.

Joshua 21:16 And Ain, and Jeta, and Bethsames, with their suburbs: nine cities out of the two tribes, as hath been said.

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Ir-shemesh rendered () by the LXX.

22 miles south-east from Lydda, according to the Old Jerusalem Itinerary.