Beth Shemesh in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(house of the sun). 1. One of the towns which marked the north boundary of Judah. Jos 15:10 It is now 'Ainshems, about two miles from the great Philistine plain, and seven from Ekron. 2. A city on the border of Issachar. Jos 19:22 3. One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali. Jos 19:38; Jud 1:33 4. An idolatrous temple, or place in Egypt. Jer 43:13 In the middle ages Heliopolis was still called by the Arabs Ain Shems.