Shammua
Heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num. 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben. (2.) One of David’s sons (1 Chr. 14:4; 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam. 5:14). (3.) A Levite un…
Shammuah
son of David, (2 Samuel 5:14) elsewhere called Shammua and Shimea.
Shamsherai
(sunlike), a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:26)
Shamwua
SHAMWU'A, SHAMMU'AH. The spy from Reuben. Num 13:4. One of David's sons, born in Jerusalem, 2 Sam 5:14; 1 Chr 14:4; called Shimea in 1 Chr 3:5. A Levite. Neh 11:17. A priest in the days of Jehoiakim.…
Shamwua, Shammuah.
SHAMWU'A, SHAMMU'AH. The spy from Reuben. Num 13:4. One of David's sons, born in Jerusalem, 2 Sam 5:14; 1 Chr 14:4; called Shimea in 1 Chr 3:5. A Levite. Neh 11:17. A priest in the days of Jehoiakim.…
Shapham
(bold), a Gadite of Bashan. (1 Chronicles 5:12) (B.C. 750.)
Shaphan
A coney, a scribe or secretary of king Josiah (2 Kings 22:3-7). He consulted Huldah concerning the newly-discovered copy of the law which was delivered to him by Hilkiah the priest (8-14). His grands…
Shaphat
Judge. (1.) One of the spies. He represented the tribe of Simeon (Num. 13:5). (2.) The father of Elisha (1 Kings 19:16-19). (3.) One of David’s chief herdsmen (1 Chr. 27:29).
Shapher
Brightness, one of the stations where Israel encamped in the wilderness (Num. 33:23, 24).
Sharai
(releaser), one of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:40) (B.C. 457.)
Sharaim
Two gates (Josh. 15:36), more correctly Shaaraim (1 Sam. 17:52), probably Tell Zakariya and Kefr Zakariya, in the valley of Elah, 3 1/2 miles north-west of Socoh.
Sharar
(strong), the father of Ahiam the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33) In (1 Chronicles 11:35) he is called Sacar. (B.C. 1040.)
Sharezer
(god) protect the king!, a son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. He and his brother Adrammelech murdered their father, and then fled into the land of Armenia (2 Kings 19:37).
Sharon
(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 33:9) In (Acts 9:35) called Saron. The name has on each occurrence with one exception only, (1…
Sharon, Saron
A plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west of Jerusalem, about 30 miles long and from 8 to 15 miles broad, celebrated for its beauty and fertility (1 Chr.…
Sharonite
(belonging to Sharon), The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of Sharon, (1 Chronicles 27:29) is the only Sharonite mentioned in the Bible.
Sharonite, The.
SHAR'ONITE, THE. Shitrai is so called. 1 Chr 27:29.
Sharuhen
(refuge of grace), a town named in (Joshua 19:6) only among those which were in Jadah to Simeon. It is identified with Sheriah a large ruin in the south country, northwest of Beersheba.
Shashai
(noble), one of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:40) (B.C. 457.)
Shashak
(longing), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14,25) (B.C. after 1450.)
Shaul
(asked).
Shaulites
SHA'ULITES, descendants of Shaul. 1. Num 26:13.
Shaveh
(plain), The valley of, described (Genesis 14:17) as “the valley of the king,” is mentioned again in (2 Samuel 18:18) as the site of a pillar set up by Absalom.
Shaveh, Valley Of
Valley of the plain the ancient name of the “king’s dale” (q.v.), or Kidron, on the north side of Jerusalem (Gen. 14:17).
Shaveh-kiriathaim
Plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Gen. 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.
Shavsha
(“Seraiah,” 2 Sam. 8:17; “Shisha,” 1 Kings 4:3), one of David’s secretaries (1 Chr. 18:16).
Shawm
In the Prayer-book version of (Psalms 98:6) “with trumpets also stands also and shawms ” is the rendering of what stands in the Authorized Version “with trumpets and sound of cornet .” The Hebrew wor…
Sheal
(asking), one of the sons of Bani who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 452.)
Shealtiel
Asked for of God, father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2, 8; Neh. 12:1).
Shear-jashub
A remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to his son (Isa. 7:3), perhaps his eldest son.