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.