Shimeathites
SHIM'EATHITES, a family of scribes. 1 Chr 2:55.
Shimei
Famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim …
Shimeon
Hearkening. Ezra 10:31.
Shimhi
Famous, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:21).
Shimi.
SHI'MI. Ex 6:17. See Shimei, 1.
Shimites
SHIM'ITES, the descendants of Shimei, 1. Num 3:21.
Shimites, The
the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. (Numbers 3:21)
Shimma
SHIM'MA (the hearing), David's third brother. 1 Chr 2:13.
Shimon
(desert). The four sons of Shimon are enumerated in an obscure genealogy of the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
Shimrath
Guardian, a Benjamite, one of Shimhi’s sons (id.).
Shimri
Watchman. (1.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (2.) The father of one of the “valiant men” of David’s armies (1 Chr. 11:45). (3.) Assisted at the purification of the temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr.…
Shimrith
(feminine of Shimri, vigilant), a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins of King Joash. (2 Chronicles 24:26) In (2 Kings 12:21) she is called Shomer. (B.C. 839.)
Shimrom,
SHIM'ROM, mistaken spelling for SHIM'RON (watch), the fourth son of Issachar. Gen 46:13; Num 26:24; 1 Chr 7:1.
Shimron
Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.
Shimron-meron.
SHIM'RON-ME'RON. Josh 12:20. See Shimron.
Shimronites
SHIM'RONITES, the descendants of Shimron. Num 26:24.
Shimronites, The
[Shimron]
Shimronmeron
(watch-height of Meron). The king of Shimron-meron is mentioned as one of the thirty-one kings vanquished by Joshua. (Joshua 12:20) It is probably the complete name of the place elsewhere called Shim…
Shimshai
The shining one, or sunny, the secretary of Rehum the chancellor, who took part in opposing the rebuilding of the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17-23).
Shimshai, Or Shimshai
(sunny), the scribe or secretary of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Judea and of the colony of Samaria, supported by the Persian court. (Ezra 4:8,13,17,23) He was apparen…
Shinab
Cooling, the king of Adamah, in the valley of Siddim, who with his confederates was conquered by Chedorlaomer (Gen. 14:2).
Shinar
(country of two rivers), the ancient name of the great alluvial tract through which the Tigris and Euphrates pass before reaching the sea—the tract known in later times as Chaldaea or Babylonia. It w…
Shinar, The Land Of
LXX. and Vulgate “Senaar;” in the inscriptions, “Shumir;” probably identical with Babylonia or Southern Mesopotamia, extending almost to the Persian Gulf. Here the tower of Babel was built (Gen. 11:1…
Ship.
SHIP. Dean Howson says that more about the ancients' merchant-ships is to be learned from Luke than from all the writers in classic literature. Some of these ships were very large, and probably the m…
Shiphi
(abundant), a Simeonite, father of Ziza, a prince of the tribe in the time of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. 726.)
Shiphmite The
probably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. (1 Chronicles 27:27)
Shiphmite.
SHIPH'MITE. Probably Zabdi, 1 Chr 27:27, was a native of Shepham, which see.
Shiphrah
Beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives (Ex. 1:15).
Shiphtan
Judicial, an Ephraimite prince at the time of the division of Canaan (Num. 34:24).
Ships
Early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Gen. 49:13). Moses (Deut. 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Num. 24:24). Solomon constructe…