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Location:
Beth-shemesh
Description:
The Sorek Valley viewed westward from the site of Beth-shemesh


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Location:
Beth-shemesh
Description:
Zorah (home of Samson, Judg 13) and Eshtaol viewed northward from Beth-shemesh


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Location:
Beth-shemesh
Description:
Looking westward from Beth-shemesh down the Sorek Valley toward Timnah. From his home at nearby Zorah to the northeast, Samson easily crossed into Philistine-controlled territory half way down the valley to find a bride in Timnah (Judg 14). It was up this valley that the Philistines later sent the ark on a cart from Ekron where it had caused a plague (1 Sam 6).


// Photo by Terry C. Hulbert


Location:
Beth-shemesh
Description:
Looking westward down the Sorek Valley from Beth-shemesh. The gentle slope of the hills westward is typical of the Shephelah, the transition region between the hill country of Judah and the coastal plain. Zorah, Samson's home, was located three miles northeast of Beth-shemesh, over the hill to the right (off the picture).


// Photo by Terry C. Hulbert


Location:
Beth-shemesh
Description:
This replica of a Philistine ox cart at Kibbutz Revadim, Ekron Museum, may have been similar to the one the Philistines used to return the ark of the covenant to the Israelites at Beth-shemesh (1 Sam 6:7-12).


// Photo by Gard Meserve