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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Enshemesh
A spring on the road down toward Jericho, not far from Bethany, marking the line between Judah and Benjamin. The name means fountain of the sun, and a spring still flows on that route.
A spring on the road down toward Jericho, not far from Bethany, marking the line between Judah and Benjamin. The name means fountain of the sun, and a spring still flows on that route.
Enshemesh, fountain of the sun, was a spring that served as a boundary marker between the territories of Judah and Benjamin, situated on the road down toward Jericho not far from Bethany (Joshua 15:7; 18:17). It is usually identified with a spring still flowing today along that route.
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- Joshua 15:7
- Joshua 18:17
