Shaharaim
(double dawn) a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:8) (B.C. about 1546.)
Shahazimah
(toward the heights), one of the towns of the allotment of Issachar. (Joshua 10:22) only.
Shalem
Perfect, a place (probably the village of Salim) some 2 miles east of Jacob’s well. There is an abundant supply of water, which may have been the reason for Jacob’s settling at this place (Gen. 33:18…
Shalim
same as Salim
Shalim, Land Of
Land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem (1 Sam. 9:4), perhaps in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin in Dan (Josh. 19:42).
Shalim, The Land Of,
SHA'LIM, THE LAND OF, which means "the land of foxes" or "jackals" through which Saul passed. 1 Sam 9:4. It may have been eastward from Shalisha.
Shalisha
three; the third; prince; captain
Shalisha, Land Of
Probably the district of Baal-shalisha (2 Kings 4:42), lying about 12 miles north of Lydda (1 Sam. 9:4).
Shalisha, The Land Of
one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It was a district near Mount Ephraim. In it perhaps was situated the place called Baal-shalisha, (2 Ki…
Shallecheth
(overthrow), The gate, one of the gates of the “house of Jehovah.” (1 Chronicles 26:16) It was the gate “to the causeway of the ascent.” As the causeway is actually in existence, the gate Shallecheth…
Shallecheth, The Gate Of
I.e., “the gate of casting out,” hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house of the Lord, “by the causeway of the going up” i.e., the causeway rising up from the Tyropoeon val…
Shallum
Retribution. (1.) The son of Jabesh, otherwise unknown. He “conspired against Zachariah, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead” (2 Kings 15:10). He reigned only “a m…
Shallun
(retribution), the son of Cohozeh, and ruler of a district of the Mizpah. (Nehemiah 3:15)
Shalmai
(my thanks). The children of Shalmai were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:46; Nehemiah 7:48) In Nehemiah SALMAI. (B.C. 536.)
Shalman,
SHAL'MAN, the name of an Assyrian king before Pul. Hos 10:14. The ordinary opinion, that it is a contraction for "Shalmaneser," seems to be incorrect.
Shalmaneser
(fire-worshipper) was the Assyrian king who reigned probably between Tiglath-Pileser and Sargon, B.C. 727-722. He led the forces of Assyria into Palestine, where Hoshea, the last king of Israel, had …
Shama
(obedient), one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:44) (B.C. 1020.)
Shamariah
(kept by Jehovah), son of Rehoboam. (2 Chronicles 11:19)
Shambles
SHAM'BLES, a meat-market. 1 Cor 10:25.
Shame Facedness
SHAME FACEDNESS, a misprint or corruption in 1 Tim 2:9 for "shamefastness," in the sense of being fast or established in modesty and devotion.
Shamed
(keeper), properly Shamer or Shemer; one of the pens of Elpaal the Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:12)
Shamer
(keeper).
Shamgar
The Philistines from the maritime plain had made incursions into the Hebrew upland for the purposes of plunder, when one of this name, the son of Anath, otherwise unknown, headed a rising for the pur…
Shamhuth
(desolation), the fifth captain for the fifth month in David’s arrangement of his army. (1 Chronicles 27:8) (B.C. 1020.)
Shamir
A sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24). (2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir. (3.) The residence of Tola, on…
Shamma
(astonishment), one of the sons of Zophar, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:37)
Shammah
Desert. (1.) One of the “dukes” of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:9). He is also called Shimeah (2 Sam. 13:3) and Shimma (1 Chr. 2:13). (3.) One of David’s three migh…
Shammai
(desolate).
Shammer
SHAMMER (a keeper). A Levite. 1 Chr 6:46. A chief of Asber, 1 Chr 7:34; called also Shomer in 1 Chr 7:32.
Shammoth.
SHAM'MOTH. 1 Chr 11:27. See Shammah, 4.