Bible Dictionary

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(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.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

SHARU'HEN (pleasant dwelling), a city in Simeon. Josh 19:6. It was in the "south country," and may have been identical with the large ruin esh-Sheriah, north-west of Beer-sheba.