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SHADOW OF DEATH
@ kjv@Job:12:22; kjv@Job:16:16; kjv@Psalms:23:4; kjv@Psalms:44:19; kjv@Psalms:107:10; kjv@Matthew:4:16
SHADRACH @ one of the Hebrew captives- kjv@Daniel:1:7; kjv@Daniel:2:49; kjv@Daniel:3:12,23,30
SHALLUM @ (a) King of Israel, slain by Menahem- kjv@2Kings:15:10,15 (b) King of Judah SEE Jehoahaz, JEHOAHAZ
SHALMANESER @ king of Assyria- kjv@2Kings:17:3; kjv@2Kings:18:9
SHAMELESSNESS @ kjv@Jeremiah:6:15; kjv@Jeremiah:8:12; kjv@Zephaniah:3:5
SHAMGAR @ a judge of Israel- kjv@Judges:3:31; kjv@Judges:5:6
SHAPHAN @ a scribe- kjv@2Kings:22:3,10; kjv@2Chronicles:34:8,16
SHARON @ a district of the Holy Land- kjv@1Chronicles:5:16; kjv@1Chronicles:27:29; kjv@Songs:2:1; kjv@Isaiah:33:9; kjv@Isaiah:35:2; kjv@Isaiah:65:10; kjv@Acts:9:35
SHAVING @ kjv@Genesis:41:14; kjv@Leviticus:13:33; kjv@Numbers:6:9; kjv@Numbers:8:7; kjv@2Samuel:10:4; kjv@Job:1:20; kjv@Ezekiel:44:20 kjv@Acts:21:24
SHEAVES @ of grain- kjv@Genesis:37:7; kjv@Deuteronomy:24:19; kjv@Job:24:10
SHEBA @ country of- kjv@Job:6:19; kjv@Psalms:72:10; kjv@Isaiah:60:6; kjv@Jeremiah:6:20; kjv@Ezekiel:27:22; kjv@Ezekiel:38:13
SHEBA, QUEEN OF @ kjv@1Kings:10:1; kjv@2Chronicles:9:1; kjv@Matthew:12:42 Notable Women, WOMEN
SHECHEM, SICHEM, OR SYCHEM @
(1)- kjv@Genesis:12:6; kjv@Genesis:33:18; kjv@Genesis:37:12; kjv@Joshua:24:32
(2) City of- kjv@Joshua:20:7; kjv@Joshua:21:21; kjv@Joshua:24:1; kjv@1Kings:12:1; kjv@John:4:5
SHEEPFOLDS @ kjv@Numbers:32:16; kjv@Judges:5:16; kjv@Psalms:78:70; kjv@John:10:1
SHEKELS @ kjv@Exodus:30:13; kjv@Leviticus:27:4; kjv@Numbers:3:47; kjv@Numbers:7:13; kjv@Deuteronomy:22:19; kjv@2Samuel:24:24; kjv@Jeremiah:32:9 Silver, SILVER Tables, 3536
SHEMAIAH @ a prophet- kjv@1Kings:12:22; kjv@2Chronicles:11:2; kjv@2Chronicles:12:5
SHEM @ son of Noah- kjv@Genesis:5:32; kjv@Genesis:6:10; kjv@Genesis:7:13; kjv@Genesis:9:18; kjv@Genesis:10:21; kjv@Genesis:11:10; kjv@1Chronicles:1:17; kjv@Luke:3:36
SHEPHERD, CHRIST AS @
(1) General References to Providing- kjv@Psalms:23:1,2 Tender- kjv@Isaiah:40:11 Sacrificial- kjv@John:10:11 Risen- kjv@Hebrews:13:20 Welcoming the Wanderers- kjv@1Peter:2:25 Crowing the faithful- kjv@1Peter:5:4; kjv@Revelation:7:17 Divine Keeper, PROVIDENCE DIVINE Divine Care, PROVIDENCE DIVINE
(2) As Guardian of the flock- kjv@2Thessalonians:3:3; kjv@2Timothy:1:12; kjv@2Peter:1:5; kjv@Jude:1:24
(3) God's People are his Sheep- kjv@Psalms:74:1; kjv@Psalms:79:13; kjv@Matthew:10:16; kjv@Matthew:15:24; kjv@Matthew:25:33; kjv@Matthew:26:31; kjv@John:10:3 God's Flock, CHURCH, THE God's People, PEOPLE, GOD'S
(4) Sinners Regarded as Lost Sheep- kjv@Jeremiah:50:6,17; kjv@Ezekiel:34:6; kjv@Matthew:9:36; kjv@Matthew:10:6; kjv@Matthew:15:24; kjv@Matthew:18:12; kjv@1Peter:2:25 Wanderers, ESTRANGEMENT
SHEPHERDS @ general references to- kjv@Genesis:4:2; kjv@Genesis:13:5; kjv@Genesis:29:9; kjv@Genesis:37:2; kjv@Genesis:46:32; kjv@Exodus:2:17; kjv@Exodus:3:1; kjv@1Samuel:16:11; kjv@1Samuel:17:20 kjv@1Chronicles:4:39; kjv@Amos:3:12; kjv@Matthew:25:32; kjv@Luke:2:8
SHEWBREAD @ hallowed bread placed in the tabernacle- kjv@Exodus:25:30; kjv@Leviticus:24:5; kjv@Numbers:4:7; kjv@1Samuel:21:6; kjv@1Chronicles:9:32; kjv@Nehemiah:10:33 kjv@Matthew:12:4; kjv@Hebrews:9:2
, Table of.
See TABLE
SHIELDS @ used in battle- kjv@1Samuel:17:7; kjv@2Samuel:1:21; kjv@1Kings:10:17; kjv@1Kings:14:27; kjv@2Kings:11:10; kjv@1Chronicles:12:8 kjv@2Chronicles:26:14; kjv@2Chronicles:32:5
SHILOH @ a city of Ephraim- kjv@Joshua:18:1; kjv@Joshua:21:2; kjv@Joshua:22:9; kjv@Judges:18:31; kjv@Judges:21:12; kjv@1Samuel:1:3; kjv@1Samuel:4:3 kjv@1Kings:2:27; kjv@1Kings:14:2 - a Prophetic name of Christ- kjv@Genesis:49:10
SHINAR @ kjv@Genesis:10:10; kjv@Genesis:11:2; kjv@Isaiah:11:11; kjv@Daniel:1:2; kjv@Zechariah:5:11
SHIPS @ kjv@Numbers:24:24; kjv@1Kings:9:26; kjv@1Kings:22:48; kjv@2Chronicles:8:18; kjv@2Chronicles:9:21; kjv@2Chronicles:20:36; kjv@Isaiah:60:9; kjv@Jonah:1:3 kjv@Acts:20:13; kjv@Acts:27:2,41
SHISHAK @ king of Egypt- kjv@1Kings:11:40; kjv@2Chronicles:12:2
SHOCHOH OR SHOCHO @ a city of Judah- kjv@Joshua:15:35; kjv@1Samuel:17:1; kjv@2Chronicles:11:7; kjv@2Chronicles:28:18
SHOES REMOVED @ kjv@Exodus:3:5; kjv@Deuteronomy:25:9; kjv@Ruth:4:8; kjv@2Samuel:15:30; kjv@Acts:7:33 Reverence
(1), REVERENCE
SHOULDER, SACRIFICIAL @ kjv@Exodus:29:22; kjv@Leviticus:7:34; kjv@Numbers:6:19
SHOVELS @ kjv@Exodus:27:3; kjv@Isaiah:30:24; kjv@Jeremiah:52:18
SHUNAMMITE @ an inhabitant of Shunem- kjv@2Kings:4:8,12,16,20,27,36
SHUNEM @ a town of Issachar- kjv@Joshua:19:18; kjv@1Samuel:28:4; kjv@2Kings:4:8
SHUSHAN @ (Susa), capital of Persia- kjv@Nehemiah:1:1; kjv@Esther:2:8; kjv@Esther:3:15; kjv@Esther:4:8; kjv@Esther:8:14; kjv@Esther:9:11
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SHAALBIM, OR SHAALABBIN
- S>@ - (home of foxes), a town in the allotment of Dan. kjv@Joshua:19:42; kjv@Judges:1:35; kjv@Kings:4:9) By Eusebius and Jerome it is mentioned in the Onomasticon as a large village in the district of Sebaste (i.e. Samaria), and as then called Selaba.
SHAALBONITE, THE
- S>@ - Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; kjv@1Chronicles:11:33) He was a native of a place named Shaalbon, but where it was is unknown. (B.C. 1048.)
SHAAPH
- S>@ - (division). The son of Jahdai. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:47) The son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:49) (B.C. after 1445.)
SHAARAIM
- S>@ - (two gates), a city in the territory allotted to Judah, kjv@Joshua:15:36) in Authorized Version incorrectly Sharaim. ( kjv@1Samuel:17:52) Shaaraim one of the towns of Simeon, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:31) must be a different place.
SHAASGAZ
- S>@ - (servant of the beautiful), the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who had the custody of the women in the second house. kjv@Esther:2:14)
SHABBETHAI
- S>@ - (sabbatical) a Levite in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:15) It is apparently the same who with Jeshua and others instructed the people in the knowledge of the law. kjv@Nehemiah:8:7) (B.C. 450.)
SHACHIA
- S>@ - (announcemant) a son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:10)
SHADDAI
- S>@ - (the Mighty), an ancient name of God, rendered "Almighty" everywhere in the Authorized Version, is found in connection with el , "God," El Shaddai being then rendered "God Almighty." By the name or in the character of El
- Shaddai God was known to the patriarchs, kjv@Genesis:17:1 kjv@Genesis:28:3 kjv@Genesis:43:14 ; 48:3; 40:25) before the name Jehovah, in its full significance, was revealed. kjv@Exodus:6:3) GOD
SHADRACH
- S>@ - (royal , or the great scribe) the Hebrew, or rather Chaldee, name of Hananiah. The history of Shadrach or Hananiah, as told in Dani 1-3 is well known. After their deliverance from the furnace, we hear no more of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, except in kjv@Hebrews:11:33-34) but there are repeated allusions to them in the later apocryphal books, and the martyrs of the Maccabaean period seem to have been much encouraged by their example.
SHAGE
- S>@ - (erring), father of Jonathan the Hararite, one of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:34)
See SHAMMAH, 5 (B.C. about 1050.)
SHAHARAIM
- S>@ - (double dawn) a Benjamite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:8) (B.C. about 1546.)
SHAHAZIMAH
- S>@ - (toward the heights), one of the towns of the allotment of Issachar. kjv@Joshua:10:22) only.
SHALEM
- S>@ - (safe). kjv@Genesis:33:18) Probably not a proper name, but a place. It is certainly remarkable that there should be a modern village hearing the name of Salim three miles east of Nablus , the ancient Shechem.
SHALIM, THE LAND OF
- S>@ - (the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father’s asses. ( kjv@1Samuel:9:4) only. It probably was east of Shalisha.
SHALISHA, THE LAND OF
- S>@ - one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. ( kjv@1Samuel:9:4) only. It was a district near Mount Ephraim. In it perhaps was situated the place called Baal-shalisha, ( kjv@2Kings:4:42) 15 Miles north of Lydda.
SHALLECHETH
- S>@ - (overthrow), The gate, one of the gates of the "house of Jehovah." ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:16) It was the gate "to the causeway of the ascent." As the causeway is actually in existence, the gate Shallecheth can hardly fail to be identical with the Bab Silsileh or Sinsleh which enters the west wall of the Haram about 600 feet from the southwest corner of the Haram wall.
SHALLUM
- S>@ - (retribution). The fifteenth king of Israel, son of Jabesh, conspired against Zachariah, killed him, and brought the dynasty of Jehu to a close, B.C. 770. Shallum, after reigning in Samaria for a month only, was in his turn dethroned and killed by Menahem. ( kjv@2Kings:15:10-14) The husband of Huldah the prophetess, ( kjv@2Kings:22:14; kjv@2Chronicles:34:23) in the reign of Josiah. (B.C. 830.) A descendant of Shesham. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:40-41) The third son of Josiah king of Judah, known in the books of Kings and Chronicles as Jehoahaz. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:15; kjv@Jeremiah:22:11) JEHOAHAZ (B.C. 610.) Son of Shaul the son of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:25) A high priest. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:12-13; kjv@Ezra:7:2) A son of Naphtali. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:13) The chief of a family of porters or gate-keepers of the east gate of the temple. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:17) (B.C. 1050.) Son of Kore, a Korahite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:19 kjv@1Chronicles:9:31) Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite. ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:12) One of the porters of the temple who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:24) One of the sons of Bani. kjv@Ezra:10:42) The son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:3:12) The uncle of Jeremiah, kjv@Jeremiah:32:7) perhaps the same as 2. Father or ancestor of Maaseiah kjv@Jeremiah:35:4) perhaps the same as 9. (B.C. 630.)
SHALLUN
- S>@ - (retribution), the son of Cohozeh, and ruler of a district of the Mizpah. kjv@Nehemiah:3:15)
SHALMAI
- S>@ - (my thanks). The children of Shalmai were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:46; kjv@Nehemiah:7:48) In Nehemiah SALMAI. (B.C. 536.)
SHALMAN
- S>@ - (fire-worshipper), a contraction for Shalmaneser king of Assyria. kjv@Hosea:10:14) Others think it the name of an obscure Assyrian king, predecessor of Pul.
SHALMANESER
- S>@ - (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 revolted against his authority. ( kjv@2Kings:17:3) Hoshea submitted and consented to pay tribute; but he soon after concluded all alliance with the king of Egypt, and withheld his tribute in consequence. In B.C. 723 Shalmaneser invaded Palestine for the second time, and, as Hoshea refused to submit, laid siege to Samaria. The siege lasted to the third year, B.C. 721, when the Assyrian arms prevailed. ( kjv@2Kings:17:4-6 kjv@2Kings:18:9-11) It is uncertain whether Shalmaneser conducted the siege to its close, or whether he did not lose his crown to Sargon before the city was taken.
SHAMA
- S>@ - (obedient), one of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:44) (B.C. 1020.)
SHAMARIAH
- S>@ - (kept by Jehovah), son of Rehoboam. ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:19)
SHAMED
- S>@ - (keeper), properly Shamer or Shemer; one of the pens of Elpaal the Benjamite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:12)
SHAMER
- S>@ - (keeper). Merarite Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:46) Shomer, an Asherite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:34)
SHAMGAR
- S>@ - (sword), son of Anath, judge of Israel. When Israel was in a most depressed condition, Shamgar was raised up to be a deliverer. With no arms in his hand but an ox-goad, kjv@Judges:3:31) comp. kjv@1Samuel:13:21 He made a desperate assault upon the Philistines, and slew 600 of them. (B.C. about 1290.)
SHAMHUTH
- S>@ - (desolation), the fifth captain for the fifth month in David’s arrangement of his army. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:8) (B.C. 1020.)
SHAMIR
- S>@ - (n point or thorn.) A town in the mountain district of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron. A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. kjv@Judges:10:1-2) Perhaps Samur , half-way between Samaria and Jenin . A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:24)
SHAMMA
- S>@ - (astonishment), one of the sons of Zophar, an Asherite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37)
SHAMMAH
- S>@ - (astonishment). The son of Reuel the son of Esau. kjv@Genesis:36:13 kjv@Genesis:36:17 kjv@1Chronicles:1:37) (B.C. about 1700.) The third son of Jesse, and brother of David. ( kjv@1Samuel:16:9 kjv@1Samuel:17:13) Called also Shimea., Shimeah and Shimma. One of the three greatest of David’s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23:11-17) (B.C. 1061.) The Harodite, one of David’s mighties. (2 Samuel 23:25) He is called "SHAMMOTH the Harorite" in ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:27) and "SHAMHUTH the Izrahite" ibid. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:8) In the list of David’s mighty men in (2 Samuel 23:32-33) we find "Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite;" while in the corresponding verse of ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:34) it is Jonathan.
SHAMMAI
- S>@ - (desolate). The son of Onam. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:28 kjv@1Chronicles:2:32) Son of Rekem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:44-45) One of the descendants of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:17)
SHAMMOTH
- S>@ - SHAMMAH
SHAMMUA
- S>@ - (renowned). Reubenite spy, son of Zaccur. kjv@Numbers:13:4) (B.C. 1490.) Son of David, by his wife Bathsheba. ( kjv@1Chronicles:14:4) (B.C. 1045.) A Levite, the father of Abda. kjv@Nehemiah:11:17) The same as SHEMAIAH, 6. The representative of the priestly family of Bilgah or Bilgai, in the days of Joiakim. kjv@Nehemiah:12:18) (B.C. about 500.)
SHAMMUAH
- S>@ - son of David, (2 Samuel kjv@5:14) elsewhere called Shammua and Shimea.
SHAMSHERAI
- S>@ - (sunlike), a Benjamite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:26)
SHAPHAM
- S>@ - (bold), a Gadite of Bashan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:12) (B.C. 750.)
SHAPHAN
- S>@ - (coney), the scribe or secretary of King Josiah. ( kjv@2Kings:22:3 kjv@2Kings:22:14 kjv@2Chronicles:34:8 kjv@2Chronicles:34:20) (B.C. 628.) He appears on an equality with the governor of the city and the royal recorder. ( kjv@2Kings:22:4; kjv@2Chronicles:34:9)
SHAPHAT
- S>@ - (judge). 1.The Simeonite spy, son of Hori. kjv@Numbers:13:5) (B.C. 1490). The father of the prophet Elisha. (Kings:19:18-19; kjv@2Kings:3:11 kjv@2Kings:6:31) (B.C. before 900.) One of the six sons of Shemaiah in the royal line of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:22) (B.C. 350.) One of the chiefs of the Gadites in Bashan. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:12) (B.C. 750.) The son of Adlai, who was over David’s oxen in the valleys. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:29) (B.C. 1020.)
SHAPHER
- S>@ - (brightness), Mount, kjv@Numbers:33:23) the name of a desert station where the Israelites encamped during the wanderings in the wilderness.
SHARAI
- S>@ - (releaser), one of the sons of Bani. kjv@Ezra:10:40) (B.C. 457.)
SHARAIM
- S>@ - SHAARAIM
SHARAR
- S>@ - (strong), the father of Ahiam the Hararite. (2 Samuel 23:33) In ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:35) he is called SACAR. (B.C. 1040.)
SHAREZER
- S>@ - (prince of fire) was a son of Sennacherib, whom, In conjunction with his brother Adrammelech, he murdered. ( kjv@2Kings:19:37) (B.C. after 711.)
SHARON
- S>@ - (a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:16; kjv@Isaiah:33:9) In kjv@Acts:9:35) called SARON. The name has on each occurrence with one exception only, ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:16) the definite article; it would therefore appear that "the Sharon" was some well-defined region familiar to the Israelites. It is that broad, rich tract of land which lies between the mountains of the central part of the holy land and the Mediterranean
the northern continuation of the Shefelah. PALESTINA AND PALESTINE The Sharon of ( kjv@2Chronicles:5:16) to which allusion has already been made, is distinguished front the western plain by not having the article attached to its name, as the other invariably has. It is also apparent from the passage itself that it was some district on the east of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead and Bashan. The name has not been met with in that direction.
SHARONITE
- S>@ - (belonging to Sharon), The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of Sharon, ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:29) is the only Sharonite mentioned in the Bible.
SHARUHEN
- S>@ - (refuge of grace), a town named in kjv@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
- S>@ - (noble), one of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:40) (B.C. 457.)
SHASHAK
- S>@ - (longing), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:14 kjv@1Chronicles:8:25) (B.C. after 1450.)
SHAUL
- S>@ - (asked). The son of Simeon by a Canaanitish woman, kjv@Genesis:48:10; kjv@Exodus:6:15; kjv@Numbers:26:13; kjv@1Chronicles:4:24) and founder of the family of the Shaulites. (B.C. 1712.) One of the kings of Edom. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:48-49) In the Authorized Version of kjv@Genesis:36:37) he is less accurately called SAUL.
SHAVEH
- S>@ - (plain), The valley of, described kjv@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 KIRIATHAIM
- S>@ - (plain of the double city), mentioned kjv@Genesis:14:5) as the residence of the Emim at the time of Chedorlaomer’s incursion. Kiriathaim is named in the later history, though it has not been identified; and Shaveh Kiriathaim was probably the valley in or by which the town lay.
SHAVSHA
- S>@ - (nobility), the royal secretary in the reign of David, ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:16) called also SERAIAH in (2 Samuel kjv@8:17) And SHEVA in (2 Samuel 20:25) End in (Kings:4:3) SHISHA.
SHAWM
- S>@ - In the Prayer-book version of kjv@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 word translated cornet is treated under the head. The "shawm" was a musical instrument resembling the clarinet.
SHEAL
- S>@ - (asking), one of the sons of Bani who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:29) (B.C. 452.)
SHEALTIEL
- S>@ - (asked of God), father of Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:3:2 kjv@Ezra:3:8 kjv@Ezra:5:2; kjv@Nehemiah:12:1; kjv@Haggai:1:1 kjv@Haggai:1:12-14 kjv@Haggai:2:2 kjv@Haggai:2:23) (B.C. about 580.)
SHEARIAH
- S>@ - (valued by Jehovah), one of the six sons of Azel a descendant of Saul. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:38 kjv@1Chronicles:9:41)
SHEARINGHOUSE, THE
- S>@ - a place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountered forty-two members of the royal family of Judah, whom he slaughtered. ( kjv@2Kings:10:12-14) Eusebius mentions it as a village of Samaria "in the great plain of Esdraelon, 15, miles from Legion."
SHEARJASHUB
- S>@ - (lit. a remnant shall return), the symbolical name of the son of Isaiah the prophet. kjv@Isaiah:7:3)
SHEBA
- S>@ - (on oath), the son of Bichri, a Benjamite, (2 Samuel 20:1-22) the last chief of the Absalom insurrection. The occasion seized by Sheba was the emulation between the northern and southern tribes on David’s return. (2 Samuel 20:1-2) Sheba traversed the whole of Palestine apparently rousing the population, Joab following in full pursuit to the fortress Abel Beth-maachah, where Sheba was beheaded. (2 Samuel 20:3-22)
SHEBA
- S>@ - (seven , or all oath). A son of Raamah son of Cush. kjv@Genesis:10:7; kjv@1Chronicles:1:9) A soil of Joktan. kjv@Genesis:10:28; kjv@1Chronicles:1:22) A son of Jokshan son of Keturah. kjv@Genesis:25:3; kjv@1Chronicles:1:32) We shall consider, first, the history of the Joktanite Sheba; and secondly, the Cushite Sheba and the Keturahite Sheba together. I. The Joktanites were among the early colonists of southern Arabia, and the kingdom which they there founded was for many centuries called the kingdom of Sheba, after one of the sons of Joktan. The visit of the queen of Sheba to King Solomon. (Kings:10:1) is one of the familiar Bible incidents. The kingdom of Sheba embraced the greater part of the Yemen, or Arabia Felix. It bordered on the Red Sea, and was one of the most fertile districts of Arabia. Its chief cities, and probably successive capitals, were Seba, San’a (Uzal), and Zafar (Sephar). Seba was probably the name of the city, and generally of the country and nation. II. Sheba, son of Raamah son of Cush settled somewhere on the shores of the Persian Gulf. It was this Sheba that carried on the great Indian traffic with Palestine, in conjunction with, as we hold, the other Sheba, son of Jokshan son of Keturah, who like Dedan appears to have formed, with the Cushite of the same name, one tribe.
SHEBA
- S>@ - one of the towns of the allotment of Simeon, kjv@Joshua:19:2) probably the same as Shema. kjv@Joshua:15:26)
SHEBAH
- S>@ - (an oath), the famous well which gave its name to the city of Beersheba. kjv@Genesis:26:53) BEERSHEBA, OR BEERSHEBA
SHEBAM
- S>@ - (fragrance), one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of Jordan; demanded by and finally ceded to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. kjv@Numbers:32:3) It is probably the same as SHIBMAH, kjv@Numbers:32:38) and SIBMAH. kjv@Joshua:13:13; kjv@Isaiah:16:8-9; kjv@Jeremiah:48:32)
SHEBANIAH
- S>@ - (increased by Jehovah). A Levite in the time of Ezra. kjv@Nehemiah:9:4-5) He sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:10) (B.C. 459.) A priest or priestly family who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:4 kjv@Nehemiah:12:14) Called SHECHANIAH, SHECHANIAH in kjv@Nehemiah:12:3) Another Levite who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:12) One of the priests appointed by David to blow with the trumpets before the ark of God. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:24) (B.C. 1043.)
SHEBARIM
- S>@ - (the breaches), a place named in kjv@Joshua:7:5) only, as one of the points in the flight from Ai.
SHEBER
- S>@ - (breaking), son of Caleb ben
- Hezron by his concubine Maachah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:48) (B.C. after 1690.)
SHEBNA
- S>@ - (vigor), a person of high position in Hezekiah’s court, holding at one time the office of prefect of the palace, kjv@Isaiah:22:15) but subsequently the subordinate office of secretary. kjv@Isaiah:36:3; kjv@2Kings:19:2) (B.C. 713.)
SHEBUEL, OR SHEBUEL
- S>@ - (captive of God). A descendant of Moses, ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:16 kjv@1Chronicles:26:24) called also SHUBAEL. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:20) (B.C. 1013). One of the fourteen sons of Heman the minstrel, ( kjv@1Chronicles:25:4) called also SHUBAEL. ( kjv@1Chronicles:25:20) (B.C. 1013.)
SHECHANIAH
- S>@ - (dweller with Jehovah). The tenth in order of the priests who were appointed by lot in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:11) (B.C. 1014.) A priest in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:15) (B.C. 925.)
SHECHANIAH
- S>@ - (dweller with Jehovah). A descendant of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:21-22) Some descendants of Shechaniah returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:3) The sons of Shechaniah were another family who returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:5) (B.C. 459.) The son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam. kjv@Ezra:10:2) The father of Shemaiah, 2. kjv@Nehemiah:3:29) The son of Arah. kjv@Nehemiah:6:18) The head of a priestly family who returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Nehemiah:12:3)
SHECHEM
- S>@ - (back or shoulder). An important city in central Palestine, in the valley between mounts Ebal and Gerizim, 34 miles north of Jerusalem and 7 miles southeast of Samaria. Its present name, Nablus , is a corruption of Neapolis, which succeeded the more ancient Shechem, and received its new name from Vespasian. On coins still extant it is called Flavia Neapolis. The situation of the town is one of surpassing beauty. It lies in a sheltered valley, protected by Gerizim on the south and Ebal on the north. The feet of these mountains, where they rise from the town, are not more than five hundred yards apart. The bottom of the valley is about 1800 feet above the level of the sea, and the top of Gerizim 800 feet higher still. The sit of the present city, which was also that of the Hebrew city, occurs exactly on the water-summit; and streams issuing from the numerous springs there flow down the opposite slopes of the valley, spreading verdure and fertility in every direction. Travellers vie with each other in the language which they employ to describe the scene that here bursts so suddenly upon them on arriving in spring or early summer at this paradise of the holy land. "The whole valley," says Dr. Robinson, "was filled with gardens of vegetables and orchards of all kinds of fruits, watered by fountains which burst forth in various parts and flow westward in refreshing streams. it came upon us suddenly like a scene of fairy enchantment. We saw nothing to compare with it in all Palestine." The allusions to Shechem in the Bible are numerous, and show how important the place was in Jewish history. Abraham, on his first migration to the land of promise, pitched his tent and built an altar under the oak (or terebinth) of Moreh at Shechem. "The Canaanite was then in the land;" and it is evident that the region, if not the city, was already in possession of the aboriginal race.
See kjv@Genesis:12:6) At the time of Jacob’s arrival here, after his sojourn in Mesopotamia, kjv@Genesis:33:18; 34) Shechem was a Hivite city, of which Hamor, the father of Shechem, was the headman. it was at this time that the patriarch purchased from that chieftain "the parcel of the field" which he subsequently bequeathed, as a special patrimony, to his son Joseph. kjv@Genesis:33:19; kjv@Joshua:24:32; kjv@John:4:5) The field lay undoubtedly on the rich plain of the Mukhna , and its value was the greater on account of the well which Jacob had dug there, so as not to be dependent on his neighbors for a supply of water. In the distribution of the land after its conquest by the Hebrews, Shechem fell to the lot of Ephraim, kjv@Joshua:20:7) but was assigned to the Levites, and became a city of refuge. kjv@Joshua:21:20-21) It acquired new importance as the scene of the renewed promulgation of the law, when its blessings were heard from Gerizim and its curses from Ebal, and the people bowed their heads and acknowledged Jehovah as their king and ruler. (27:11; kjv@Joshua:24:23-25) it was here Joshua assembled the people, shortly before his death, and delivered to them his last counsels. kjv@Joshua:24:1-25) After the death of Gideon, Abimelech, his bastard son, induced the Shechemites to revolt from the Hebrew commonwealth and elect him as king. kjv@Judges:9:1) ... In revenge for his expulsion after a reign of three years, Abimelech destroyed the city, and as an emblem of the fate to which he would consign it, sowed the ground with salt. kjv@Judges:9:34-45) It was soon restored, however, for we are told in (Kings:12:1) ... that all Israel assembled at Shechem, and Rehoboam, Solomon’s successor, went thither to be inaugurated as king. here, at this same place, the ten tribes renounced the house of David, and transferred their allegiance to Jeroboam, (Kings:12:16) under whom Shechem became for a time the capital of his kingdom. From the time of the origin of the Samaritans, the history of Shechem blends itself with that of this people and of their sacred mount, Gerizim. SAMARIA Shechem reappears in the New Testament. It is the SYCHAR of kjv@John:4:5) near which the Saviour conversed with the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. The population of Nablus consists of about 5000, among whom are 500 Greek Christians, 150 Samaritans, and a few Jews. The enmity between the Samaritans and jews is as inveterate still as it was in the days of Christ. The Mohammedans, of course, make up the bulk of the population. The well of Jacob and the tomb of Joseph are still shown in the neighborhood of the town. The well of Jacob lies about a mile and a half east of the city, close to the lower road, and just beyond the wretched hamlet of Balata . The Christians sometimes call it Bir es
- Samariyeh
"the well of the Samaritan woman." The well is deep
75 feet when last measured
and there was probably a considerable accumulation of rubbish at the bottom. Sometimes it contains a few feet of water, but at others it is quite dry. It is entirely excavated in the solid rock, perfectly round, 9 feet in diameter, with the sides hewn smooth and regular. Of all the special localities of our Lord’s life, this is almost the only one absolutely undisputed. The tomb of Joseph lies about a quarter of a mile north of the well, exactly in the centre of the opening of the valley. It is a small between Gerizim and Ebal. It is a small, square enclosure of high whitewashed walls, surrounding a tomb of the ordinary kind, but with the peculiarity that it is placed diagonally to the walls, instead of parallel as usual. A rough pillar used as an altar and black with the traces of fire is at the head and another at the foot of the tome. In the walls are two slabs with Hebrew inscriptions, and the interior is almost covered with the names of pilgrims in Hebrew Arabic and Samaritan. Beyond this there is nothing to remark in the structure itself. The local tradition of the tomb, like that of the well is as old as the beginning of the fourth century. The son of Hamor, the chieftain of the Hivite settlement of Shechem at the time of Jacob’s arrival. kjv@Genesis:33:19 kjv@Genesis:34:2-26; kjv@Joshua:24:32; kjv@Judges:9:28) A man of Manasseh, of the clan of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:31) A Gileadite, son of Shemida, the younger brother of the foregoing. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:19)
SHECHEMITES, THE
- S>@ - the family of Shechem son of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:31) comp. kjv@Joshua:17:2
SHECHINAH
- S>@ - (dwelling). This term is not found in the Bible. It was used by the later Jews, and borrowed by Christians from them, to express the visible majesty of the divine Presence especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercyseat. In the tabernacle and in the temple of Solomon, but not in the second temple. The use of the term is first found in the Targums, where it forms a frequent periphrasis for God, considered its dwelling among the children of Israel. The idea which the different accounts in Scripture convey is that of a most brilliant and glorious light, enveloped in a cloud, and usually concealed by the cloud, so that the cloud itself was for the most part alone visible but on particular occasions the glory appeared. The allusions in the New Testament to the shechinah are not unfrequent. kjv@Luke:2:9; kjv@John:1:14; kjv@Romans:9:4) and we are distinctly taught to connect it with the incarnation and future coming of the Messiah as type with antitype.
SHEDEUR
- S>@ - (darter of light), the father of Elizur, chief of the tribe of Reuben at the time of the exodus. kjv@Numbers:1:5 kjv@Numbers:2:10 kjv@Numbers:7:30 ,35; 10:18) (B.C. 1491.)
SHEEP
- S>@ - Sheep were an important part of the possessions of the ancient Hebrews and of eastern nations generally. The first mention of sheep occurs in kjv@Genesis:4:2) They were used in the sacrificial offering,as, both the adult animal, kjv@Exodus:20:24) and the lamb.
See kjv@Exodus:29:28; kjv@Leviticus:9:3 kjv@Leviticus:12:6) Sheep and lambs formed an important article of food. ( kjv@1Samuel:25:18) The wool was used as clothing. kjv@Leviticus:13:47) "Rams skins dyed red" were used as a covering for the tabernacle. kjv@Exodus:25:5) Sheep and lambs were sometimes paid as tribute. ( kjv@2Kings:3:4) It is very striking to notice the immense numbers of sheep that were reared in Palestine in biblical times. (Chardin says he saw a clan of Turcoman shepherds whose flock consisted of 3,000,000 sheep and goats, besides 400,000 Feasts of carriage, as horses, asses and camels.) Sheep-sheering is alluded to kjv@Genesis:31:19) Sheepdogs were employed in biblical times. kjv@Job:30:1) Shepherds in Palestine and the East generally go before their flocks, which they induce to follow by calling to them, comp. kjv@John:10:4; kjv@Psalms:77:20 kjv@Psalms:80:1) though they also drive them. kjv@Genesis:33:13) The following quotation from Hartley’s "Researches in Greece and the Levant," p. 321, is strikingly illustrative of the allusions in kjv@John:10:1-16) "Having had my attention directed last night to the words in kjv@John:10:3) I asked my man if it was usual in Greece to give names to the sheep. He informed me that it was, and that the sheep obeyed the shepherd when he called them by their names. This morning I had an opportunity of verifying the truth of this remark. Passing by a flock of sheep I asked the shepherd the same question which I had put to the servant, and he gave me the same answer. I then had him call one of his sheep. He did so, and it instantly left its pasturage and its companions and ran up to the hands of the shepherd with signs of pleasure and with a prompt obedience which I had never before observed in any other animal. It is also true in this country that a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him. The shepherd told me that many of his sheep were still wild, that they had not yet learned their names, but that by teaching them they would all learn them." The common sheer, of Syria and Palestine are the broad-tailed. As the sheep is an emblem of meekness, patience and submission, it is expressly mentioned as typifying these qualities in the person of our blessed Lord. kjv@Isaiah:53:7; kjv@Acts:8:32) etc. The relation that exists between Christ, "the chief Shepherd," and his members is beautifully compared to that which in the East is so strikingly exhibited by the shepherds to their flocks SHEPHERD
SHEEPGATE, THE
- S>@ - one of the gates of Jerusalem as rebuilt by Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:3:1-32 kjv@Nehemiah:12:39) It stood between the tower of Meah and the chamber of the corner, ch. kjv@Nehemiah:3:1-32) or gate of the guard-house, ch. kjv@Nehemiah:12:39) Authorized Version, "prison-gate." The latter seems to have been at the angle formed by the junction of the wall of the city of David with that of the city of Jerusalem proper, having the sheep-gate on the north of it. The position of the sheep-gate may therefore have been on or near that of the Bab el Kattanin.
SHEEPMARKET, THE
- S>@ - kjv@John:5:2) The world "market" is an interpolation of our translators. We ought probably to supply the word "gate."
SHEHARIAH
- S>@ - (dawning of Jehovah), a Benjamite, son of Jehoram. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:26) (B.C. 588.)
SHEKEL
- S>@ - MONEY
SHELAH
- S>@ - (a petition). The youngest son of Judah. kjv@Genesis:38:5 kjv@Genesis:38:11,14,26; 46:10; kjv@Numbers:26:20; kjv@1Chronicles:2:3 kjv@1Chronicles:4:21) (B.C. before 1706.) The proper form of the name of Salah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:18 kjv@1Chronicles:1:24)
SHELANITES, THE
- S>@ - the descendants of Shelah. 1. kjv@Numbers:26:20)
SHELEMIAH
- S>@ - (repaid by Jehovah). One of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:30) (B.C. 458.) The father of Hananiah. kjv@Nehemiah:3:30) A priest in the time of Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:13:13) The father of Jehueal, or Jucal, in the time of Zedekiah. kjv@Jeremiah:37:3) The father of Irijah, the captain of the ward who arrested Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:37:13) (B.C. before 589.) The same as Meshelemiah and Shallum, 8. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:14) Another of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:41) Ancestor of Jehudi in the time of Jehoiakim. kjv@Jeremiah:36:14) Son of Abdeel; one of those who received the orders of Jehoiakim to take Baruch and Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:36:26) (B.C. 604.)
SHELEPH
- S>@ - (a drawing forth), the second in order of the sons of Joktan. kjv@Genesis:10:26; kjv@1Chronicles:1:20)
SHELESH
- S>@ - (might), son of Helem. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:35)
SHELOMI
- S>@ - (peaceful), an Asherite, father of Ahihud. kjv@Numbers:34:27) (B.C. before 1450.)
SHELOMITH
- S>@ - (peaceful). The daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. kjv@Leviticus:24:11) The daughter of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:19) (B.C. after 536.) Chief of the Izharites. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:18) A descendant of Eliezer the son of Moses, in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:25-26-28) (B.C. 1013.) A Gershonite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:23:9) One whose sons returned from Babylon with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:10)
SHELOMOTH
- S>@ - the same as Shelomith, 3. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:22)
SHELUMIEL
- S>@ - (friend of God), the son of Zurishaddai, and prince of the tribe of Simeon at the time of the exodus. kjv@Numbers:1:6 kjv@Numbers:2:12 kjv@Numbers:7:36 ,41; 10:19) (B.C. 1431.)
SHEM
- S>@ - (name), the eldest son of Noah. kjv@Genesis:5:32) He was 98 years old, married, and childless at the time of the flood. After it, he, with his father, brothers, sisters-in-law and wife, received the blessing of God, kjv@Genesis:9:1) and entered into the covenant. With the help of his brother Japheth, he covered the nakedness of their father and received the first blessing. kjv@Genesis:9:25-27) He died at the age of 630 years. The portion of the earth occupied by the descendants of Shem, kjv@Genesis:10:21-31) begins at its northwestern extremity with Lydia, and includes Syria (Aram), Chaldaea (Arphaxad), parts Of Assyria (Asshur), of Persia (Elam), and of the Arabian peninsula (Joktan). Modern scholars have given the name of Shemitic or Semitic to the languages spoken by his real or supposed descendants. HEBREW LANGUAGE
SHEMA
- S>@ - A Reubenite, ancestor of Bela. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:8) (B.C. before 1090.) Son of Elpaal. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:13) Probably the same as Shimhi. (B.C. after 1450.) One of those who stood at Ezra’s right hand when he read the law to the people. kjv@Nehemiah:8:4) (B.C. 458.) kjv@Joshua:15:26) SHEBA
SHEMAAH
- S>@ - (the rumor), a Benjamite of Gibeah, and father of Ahiezer and Joash. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:3) (B.C. before 1054.)
SHEMAIAH
- S>@ - (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (Kings:12:22; kjv@2Chronicles:11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam’s reign. ( kjv@2Chronicles:12:5 kjv@2Chronicles:12:15) The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:23; kjv@Nehemiah:3:28) A prince of the tribe of Simeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:27) Son of Joel, Reubenite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:4) (B.C. after 1706.) Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:14; kjv@Nehemiah:11:15) Father of Obadiah or Abda, a Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:16) Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:8 kjv@1Chronicles:15:11) (B.C. 1043.) A Levite, son of Nethaneel and also a scribe in the time of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:6) (B.C. 1014.) The eldest son of Obed-edom the Gittite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:26:4-6-7) (B.C. 1014.) A descendant of Jeduthun the singer who lived in the reign of Hezekiah ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:14) One of the sons of Adonikam who returned with Ezra. kjv@Ezra:5:13) One of Ezra’s messengers. kjv@Ezra:8:16) A priest of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s bidding. kjv@Ezra:10:21) (B.C. 455.) A layman of Israel son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. kjv@Ezra:10:31) (B.C. 458.) Son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet in the time of Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:6:10) (B.C. 446.) The head of a priestly house who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:8 kjv@Nehemiah:12:6 kjv@Nehemiah:12:18) (B.C. 410.) One of the princes of Judah at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. kjv@Nehemiah:12:34) One of the choir on the same occasion. kjv@Nehemiah:12:38) A priest. kjv@Nehemiah:12:42) A false prophet in the time of Jeremiah. kjv@Jeremiah:29:24-32) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:8) (B.C. 909.) A Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:15) (B.C. 726.) A Levite in the reign of Josiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:35:9) (B.C. 628.) The father of Urijah of Kirjath-jearim. kjv@Jeremiah:26:20) (B.C. before 608.) The father of Delaiah. kjv@Jeremiah:36:12) (B.C. before 605.)
SHEMARIAH
- S>@ - (kept by Jehovah). A Benjamite warrior who came to David at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:5) (B.C. 1054.) One of the family of Harim, a lay man of Israel who put away his foreign wife in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:32) (B.C. 658.) Another who did the same. kjv@Ezra:10:41)
SHEMEBER
- S>@ - (lofty flight), king of Zeboim, and ally of the king of Sodom when he was attacked by Chedorlaomer. (B.C. 1912.)
SHEMER
- S>@ - (preserved), the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built. (Kings:16:24) (B.C. 917.) SAMARIA
SHEMIDA
- S>@ - (wise), a son of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:32; kjv@Joshua:17:2) (B.C. after 1690.)
SHEMIDAH
- S>@ - Shemida the son of Gilead. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:19)
SHEMIDAITES, THE
- S>@ - the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. kjv@Numbers:26:32)
SHEMINITH
- S>@ - (eighth), a musical term found in the title of kjv@Psalms:6:1) A similar direction is found in the title of kjv@Psalms:12:1) Comp. 1Chr 15:21 It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.
SHIRAMOTH
- S>@ - (name of heights , i.e. Jehovah). A Levite of the second degree in the choir formed by David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:15:18-20 kjv@1Chronicles:16:5) (B.C. 104.) A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:17:8) (B.C. 909.)
SHEMITIC LANGUAGES
- S>@ - the family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew, Chaldaic, Assyrian, Arabic Phoenician and Aramaic or Syriac. The Jews in their earlier history spoke the Hebrew, but in Christ’s time they spoke the Aramaic, sometimes called the Syro
- Chaldaic.
SHEMUEL
- S>@ - (heard by God). A commissioner appointed from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land of Canaan. kjv@Numbers:34:20) (B.C. 1450.) Samuel the prophet. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:33) Son of Tola, and one of the chiefs of the tribe of Issachar, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:2) (B.C. 1014.)
SHEN
- S>@ - (tooth), a place mentioned only in ( kjv@1Samuel:7:12) Nothing is known of it.
SHENAZAR
- S>@ - (splendid leader), son of Salathiel or Shealtiel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:18) (B.C. after 606.)
SHENIR
- S>@ - SENIR
SHEPHAM
- S>@ - (fruitful), a place on the eastern boundary of the promised land. kjv@Numbers:34:10-11)
SHEPHATHIAH
- S>@ - a Benjamite, father of Meshullam 6. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:8)
SHEPHATIAH
- S>@ - (judged by Jehovah). The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel kjv@3:4; 1Chronicles:3:3) (B.C. about 1050.) The family of Shephatiah, 372 in number, returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:4; kjv@Nehemiah:7:9) see also kjv@Ezra:8:8 (B.C. 536.) The family of another Shephatiah, who came up with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:4) A descendant of Judah. kjv@Nehemiah:11:4) One of the princes of Judah who counselled Zedekiah to put Jeremiah in the dungeon. kjv@Jeremiah:38:1) (B.C. 589.) One of the Benjamite warriors who joined David in his retreat at Ziklag. ( kjv@1Chronicles:12:5) (B.C. 1054.) Chief of the Simeonites in the reign of David. ( kjv@1Chronicles:37:16) Son of Jehoshaphat. ( kjv@2Chronicles:21:2) (B.C. 887.)
SHEPHERD
- S>@ - In a nomadic state of society every man, from the sheikh down to the slave, is more or less a shepherd. The progenitors of the Jews in the patriarchal age were nomads, and their history is rich in scenes of pastoral life. The occupation of tending the flocks was undertaken,not only by the sons of wealthy chiefs, kjv@Genesis:30:29) ff.; kjv@Genesis:37:12 ff., but even by their daughters. kjv@Genesis:29:6-8; kjv@Exodus:2:10) The Egyptian captivity did march to implant a love of settled abode, and consequently we find the tribes which still retained a taste for shepherd life selecting their own quarters apart from their brethren in the transjordanic district. kjv@Numbers:32:1) ff. Thenceforward in Palestine proper the shepherd held a subordinate position. The office of the eastern shepherd, as described in the Bible, was attended with much hardship, and even danger. He was exposed to the extremes of heat and cold, kjv@Genesis:31:40) his food frequently consisted of the precarious supplies afforded by nature, such as the fruit of the "sycamore" or Egyptian fig, kjv@Amos:7:14) the "husks" of the carob tree, kjv@Luke:15:16) and perchance the locusts and wild honey which supported the Baptist, kjv@Matthew:3:4) he had to encounter the attacks of wild beasts, occasionally of the larger species, such as lions, nerves, panthers and bears, ( kjv@1Samuel:17:34; kjv@Isaiah:31:4; kjv@Jeremiah:5:6; kjv@Amos:5:12) nor was he free from the risk of robbers or predators hordes. kjv@Genesis:31:39) To meet these various foes the shepherd’s equipment consisted of the following articles: a mantle, made probably of sheep skin with the fleece on, which he turned inside out in cold weather, as implied in the comparison in kjv@Jeremiah:43:12) (cf. Juv. 14:187.); a scrip or wallet, containing a small amount of food ( kjv@1Samuel:17:40) a sling, which is still the favorite weapon of the Bedouin shepherd, ( kjv@1Samuel:17:40) and lastly, a which served the double purpose of a weapon against foes and a crook for the management of the flock. ( kjv@1Samuel:17:40; kjv@Psalms:23:4; kjv@Zechariah:11:7) If the shepherd was at a distance from his home, he was provided with a light tent, (Solomon kjv@1:8; Jeremiah:35:7) the removal of which was easily effected. kjv@Isaiah:38:12) In certain localities, moreover, towers were erected for the double purpose of spying an enemy at a distance and of protecting the flock; such towers were erected by Uzziah and Jotham, ( kjv@2Chronicles:26:10 kjv@2Chronicles:27:4) while their existence in earlier times is testified by the name Migdal-edar kjv@Genesis:35:21) Authorized Version "a tower of Edar;" kjv@Micah:4:8) Authorized Version "tower of the flock." The routine of the shepherd’s duties appears to have been as follows: In the morning he led forth his flock from the fold kjv@John:10:4) which he did by going before them and calling to them, as is still usual in the East; arrived at the pasturage he watched the flock with the assistance of dogs, kjv@Job:30:1) and should any sheep stray, he had to search for it until he found it, kjv@Ezekiel:34:12; kjv@Luke:15:4) he supplied them with water, either at a running stream or at troughs attached to wells, kjv@Genesis:29:7 kjv@Genesis:30:38; kjv@Exodus:2:16; kjv@Psalms:23:2) at evening he brought them back to the fold, and reckoned them to see that none were missing, by passing them "under the rod" as they entered the door of the enclosure kjv@Leviticus:27:32; kjv@Ezekiel:20:37) checking each sheep, as it passed, by a motion of the hand, kjv@Jeremiah:33:13) and, finally, he watched the entrance of the fold throughout the night, acting as porter. kjv@John:10:3)
See Sheepfold, under SHEEP The shepherd’s office thus required great watchfulness, particularly by night. kjv@Luke:2:8) cf. Nahu 3:18 It also required tenderness toward the young and feeble, kjv@Isaiah:40:11) particularly in driving them to and from the pasturage. kjv@Genesis:33:13) In large establishments there are various grades of shepherds, the highest being styled "rulers," kjv@Genesis:47:6) or "chief shepherds," ( kjv@1Peter:5:4) in a royal household the title of abbir "mighty," was bestowed on the person who held the post. ( kjv@1Samuel:21:7) SHEEP
SHEPHI
- S>@ - (bareness), son of Shobal. of the sons of Seir. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:40) Called also SHEPHO. kjv@Genesis:36:23)
SHEPHO
- S>@ - kjv@Genesis:36:23) SHEPHI
SHEPHUPHAN
- S>@ - (an adder), one of the sons of Bela the first-born of Benjamin. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:5) His name is also written SHEPHUPNAM (authorized Version "Shupham"), kjv@Numbers:26:39) SHUPPIM ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:12 kjv@1Chronicles:7:15) and MUPPIM. kjv@Genesis:46:21) MUPPIM
SHERAH
- S>@ - (kinswoman), daughter of Ephraim, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:24) and foundress of the Beth-horons and of a town called after her Uzzen-sherah, (B.C. about 1445.)
SHEREBIAH
- S>@ - (heat of Jehovah) a Levite in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:8:18 kjv@Ezra:8:24) (B.C. 459.) When Ezra read the law to the people, Sherebiah was among the Levites who assisted him. kjv@Nehemiah:8:7) He signed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:12)
SHERESH
- S>@ - (root), son of Machir the son of Manasseh by his wife Manchah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:16) (B.C. before 1419.)
SHEREZER
- S>@ - (prince of fire), one of the people’s messengers mentioned in kjv@Zechariah:7:2)
SHESHACH
- S>@ - (from the goddess Shach , reduplicated) is a term which occurs only in kjv@Jeremiah:25:26 kjv@Jeremiah:51:41) where it is evidently used as a synonym for either Babylon or Babylonia.
SHESHAI
- S>@ - (noble), one of the three sons of Anak who dwelt in Hebron. kjv@Numbers:13:22) (B.C. 1445.)
SHESHAN
- S>@ - (Noble), a descendant of Jerahmeel the son of Hezron. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:31-34-35) (B.C. after 1690.)
SHESHBAZZAR
- S>@ - (worshipper of fire), the Chaldean or Persian name given to Zerubbabel in kjv@Ezra:1:8 kjv@Ezra:1:11 kjv@Ezra:6:14 kjv@Ezra:6:18) ZERUBBABEL
SHETH
- S>@ - (compensation). The patriarch Seth. ( kjv@1Chronicles:1:1) In the Authorized Version of kjv@Numbers:24:17) not a proper name, but there is reason to regard it as an appellative. Read instead of "the sons of Sheth." "the suns of tumult." Comp. kjv@Jeremiah:48:45)
SHETHAR
- S>@ - (Pers. a star), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. kjv@Esther:1:14) (B.C. 483.)
SHETHARBOZNAI
- S>@ - (Pers. star of splendor), a Persian officer of rank in the reign of Darius Hystaspes. kjv@Ezra:5:3 kjv@Ezra:5:6 kjv@Ezra:6:6 kjv@Ezra:6:13) (B.C. 320.)
SHEVA
- S>@ - (Jehovah contends). The scribe or royal secretary of David. (2 Samuel 20:26) He is called elsewhere MERAIAH, (2 Samuel kjv@8:17) SHISHA, (Kings:4:3) And SHANSHA. ( kjv@1Chronicles:18:16) (B.C. 1015.) Son of Caleb ben
- Hezron by his concubine Maachah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:49) (B.C. about 1445.)
SHEWBREAD
- S>@ - kjv@Exodus:25:30 kjv@Exodus:35:13 kjv@Exodus:39:36 ) etc. literally "bread of the face" or "faces." Shew-bread was unleavened bread placed upon a table which stood in the sanctuary together with the seven-branched candlestick and the altar of incense.
See kjv@Exodus:25:23-30) for description of this table. Every Sabbath twelve newly baked loaves, representing the twelve tribes of Israel, were put on it in two rows, six in each, and sprinkled with incense, where they remained till the following Sabbath. Then they were replaced by twelve new ones, the incense was burned, and they were eaten by the priests in the holy place, out of which they might not be removed, The title "bread of the face" seems to indicate that bread through which God is seen, that is, with the participation of which the seeing of God is bound up, or through the participation of which man attains the sight of God whence it follows that we have not to think of bread merely as such as the means of nourishing the bodily life, but as spiritual food as a means of appropriating and retaining that life which consists In seeing the face of God.
SHIBBOLETH
- S>@ - (a stream), kjv@Judges:12:6) is the Hebrew word which the Gileadites under Jephthah made use of at the passage of the Jordan, after a victory over the Ephraimites, to test the pronunciation of the sound sh by those who wished to cross over the river. The Ephraimites, it would appear, in their dialect substituted for sh the simple sound s ; and the Gileadites, regarding every one who failed to pronounce sh as an Ephraimite and therefore an enemy, put him to death accordingly. In this way there fell 42,000 Ephraimites. There is no mystery in this particular word. Any word beginning with the sound sh would have answered equally well as a test.
SHIBMAH
- S>@ - (properly SIBMAH). SHEBAM
SHICRON
- S>@ - (drunkenness), one of the landmarks at the western end of the north boundary of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:11) only. It lay between Ekron (Akir) and Jabneel (Yebna).
SHIELD
- S>@ - The ordinary shield consisted of a framework of wood covered with leather; it thus admitted of being burnt. kjv@Ezekiel:39:9) It was frequently cased with metal, either brass or copper; its appearance in this case resembled gold when the sun shone on it, 1 Macc. 6:39 and to this, rather than to the practice of smearing blood on the shield we may refer the redness noticed by. Nahum. kjv@Nahum:2:3) The surface of the shield was kept bright by the application of oil as implied in kjv@Isaiah:21:5) The shield was worn on the left arm, to which it was attached by a strap. Shields of state were covered with beaten gold. Shields were suspended about public buildings for ornamental purposes. (Kings:10:17) In the metaphorical language of the Bible the shield generally represents the protection of God: e.g. kjv@Psalms:3:3 kjv@Psalms:28:7) but in kjv@Psalms:47:9) it is applied to earthly rulers and in kjv@Ephesians:6:18) to faith. ARMS, ARMOR
SHIGGAION
- S>@ - kjv@Psalms:7:1) a particular kind of psalm, the specific character of which is now not known perhaps a "wild, mournful ode."
SHIHON
- S>@ - (ruin), a town of Issachar, named only in kjv@Joshua:19:19) Eusebius mentions it as then existing "near Mount Tabor."
SHIHOR OF EGYPT
- S>@ - SIHOR
SHIHORLIBNATH
- S>@ - (black of whiteness), named only in kjv@Joshua:19:26) as one of the landmarks of the boundary of Asher. (probably the little stream called on the map of Pal. Ord. Survey Wady en Nebra , "which enters the Mediterranean a little south of Athlit." The name would come from the turgid character of the stream contrasted with the white and glistening sands of its shore.
ED.)
SHILHI
- S>@ - (armed), the father of Azubah the mother of Jehoshaphat (Kings:22:42; kjv@2Chronicles:20:31) (B.C. before 946.)
SHILHIM
- S>@ - (fountains), one of the cities in the southern portion of the tribe of Judah. kjv@Joshua:15:32)
SHILLEM
- S>@ - (requital), son of Naphtali and an ancestor of the family of the Shillemites. kjv@Genesis:46:24; kjv@Numbers:26:49)
SHILLEMITES, THE
- S>@ - SHILLEM
SHILOAH, THE WATERS OF
- S>@ - a certain soft-flowing stream, kjv@Isaiah:8:6) better known under the later name of Siloam -the only perennial spring of Jerusalem.
SHILOH
- S>@ - In the Authorized Version of the Bible Shiloh is once used as the name of a person, in a very difficult passage, in kjv@Genesis:49:10) "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be." Supposing that the translation is correct, the meaning of the word is peaceable or pacific , and the allusion is either to Solomon, whose name has a similar signification, or to the expected Messiah, who in kjv@Isaiah:9:6) is expressly called the Prince of Peace. MESSIAH Other interpretations, however, of the passage are given, one of which makes it refer to the city of this name.
See the following article It might be translated "The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, till he shall go to Shiloh." In this case the allusion would be to the primacy of Judah in war, kjv@Judges:1:1-2 kjv@Judges:20:18; kjv@Numbers:2:3 kjv@Numbers:10:14) which was to continue until the promised land was conquered and the ark of the covenant was solemnly deposited at Shiloh.
SHILOH
- S>@ - (place of rest), a city of Ephraim. In kjv@Judges:21:19) it is said that Shiloh is "on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem and on the south of Lebonah." In agreement with this the traveller of our own city, going north from Jerusalem, lodges the first night at Beitin , the ancient Bethel; the next day, at the distance of a few hours, turns aside to the right, in order to visit Seilun , the Arabic for Shiloh; and then passing through the narrow wady which brings him to the main road, leaves el
- Lebban , the Lebonah of Scripture, on the left, as he pursues "the highway" to Nublus , the ancient Shechem. SHECHEM Shiloh was one of the earliest and most sacred of the Hebrew sanctuaries. The ark of the covenant, which had been kept at Gilgal during the progress of the conquest, kjv@Joshua:17:1) seq., was removed thence on the subjugation of the country, and kept at Shiloh from the last days of Joshua to the time of Samuel. kjv@Joshua:18:10; kjv@Judges:18:31; kjv@1Samuel:4:3) It was here the Hebrew conqueror divided among the tribes the portion of the west Jordan region which had not been already allotted. kjv@Joshua:18:10 kjv@Joshua:19:51) In this distribution, or an earlier one, Shiloh fell within the limits of Ephraim. kjv@Joshua:16:5) The ungodly conduct of the sons of Eli occasioned the loss of the ark of the covenant, which had been carried into battle against the Philistines, and Shiloh from that time sank into insignificance. It stands forth in the Jewish history as a striking example of the divine indignation. kjv@Jeremiah:7:12)
SHILONI
- S>@ - This word occurs in the Authorized Version only in kjv@Nehemiah:11:5) where it should be rendered
as it is in other cases
"the Shilonite," that is the descendant of Sheluh the youngest son of Judah.
SHILONITE, THE
- S>@ - that is, the native or resident of Shiloh; a title ascribed only to Ahijah. (Kings:11:29; 12:15; 15:29; kjv@2Chronicles:9:29 kjv@2Chronicles:10:15)
SHILONITES, THE
- S>@ - are mentioned among the descendants of Judah dwelling in Jerusalem at a date difficult to ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:5) They are doubtless the members of the house of Shelah, who in the Pentateuch are more accurately designated Shelanites.
SHILSHAH
- S>@ - (strong), son of Zophah of the tribe of Asher. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:37) (B.C. before 1015.)
SHIMEA
- S>@ - (fame). Son of David by Beth-shean. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:5) (B.C. 1045.) A Merarite Levite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:30)
(15). A Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph the minstrel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:39)
(24). (B.C. before 1200.) The brother of David, ( kjv@1Chronicles:20:7) elsewhere called Shamma, Shimma and Shimeah.
SHIMEAH
- S>@ - Brother of David, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab, (2 Samuel 21:21) called also Shammah, Shimea, and Shimma. (B.C. about 1060.) A descendant of Jehiel, the father or founder of Gibeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:32) (B.C. perhaps 536.)
SHIMEAM
- S>@ - (their fame), a descendant of Jehiel, the founder or prince of Gibeon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:9:38) Called SHIMEAH in ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:32)
SHIMEATH
- S>@ - (feminine of Shimeah), an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the murderers of King Joash. ( kjv@2Kings:12:21)
(22); kjv@2Chronicals:24:26 (B.C. 809.)
SHIMEI
- S>@ - (renowned). Son of Gershon the son of Levi, kjv@Numbers:3:18; kjv@1Chronicles:6:17 kjv@1Chronicles:6:29 kjv@1Chronicles:23:7-9-10; kjv@Zechariah:12:13) called SHIMI in kjv@Exodus:6:17) (B.C. after 1706.) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of the house of Saul, who lived at Bahurim. (B.C. 1023.) When David and his suite were seen descending the long defile, on his flight from Absolom, (2 Samuel 16:5-13) the whole feeling of the clan of Benjamin burst forth without restraint in the person of Shimei. He ran along the ridge, cursing and throwing stones at the king and is companions. The next meeting was very different. The king was now returning from his successful campaign. Just as he was crossing the Jordan, (2 Samuel 19:18) the first person to welcome him was Shimei who threw himself at David’s feet in abject penitence. But the king’s suspicions were not set at rest by this submission; and on his death-bed he recalls the whole scene to the recollection of his son Solomon. Solomon gave Shimei notice that from henceforth he must consider himself confined to the walls of Jerusalem, on pain of death. (Kings:3:36-37) For three years the engagement was kept. At the end of that time for the purpose of capturing two slaves who had escaped to Gath, he went out on his ass, and made his journey successfully. Ibid. (Kings:2:40) On his return the king took him at his word, and he was slain by Benaiah. Ibid. (Kings:2:41-46) One of the adherents of Solomon at the time of Adonjah’s usurpation. (Kings:1:8) (B.C.1015.) Solomon’s commissariat officer in Benjamin. (Kings:4:18) Son of Pedaiah, and brother of Zerubbabel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:3:19) (B.C. 536.) A Simeonite, son of Zacchur. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:26-27) Son of Gog, a Reubenite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:5:4) A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. ( kjv@1Chronicles:6:42) Son of Jeduthun, and chief of the tenth division of the singers. ( kjv@1Chronicles:25:17) The Ramathite who was over David’s vineyards. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:27) A Levite of the sons of Heman, who took part in the purification of the temple under Zedekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:14) (B.C. 726.) The brother of Cononiah the Levite, in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:31:12-13) Perhaps the same as the preceding. A Levite in the time of Ezra who had married a foreign wife. kjv@Ezra:10:23) One of the family of Hashum, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra’s command. kjv@Ezra:10:33) A son of Bani, who had also married a foreign wife, and put her away. kjv@Ezra:10:38) (B.C. 459.) Son of Kish, a Benjamite, and ancestor of Mordecai. kjv@Esther:2:5) (B.C. before 479).
SHIMEON
- S>@ - (hearing (prayer), a lay man of Israel, of the family of Harim, who had married a foreign wife, and divorced her in the time of Ezra. kjv@Ezra:10:31) (B.C. 458.)
SHIMHI
- S>@ - (renowned), a Benjamite, apparently the same as Shema the son of Elpaal. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:21)
SHIMI
- S>@ - = SHIMEI, 1. kjv@Exodus:6:17)
SHIMITES, THE
- S>@ - the descendants of Shimei the son of Gershon. kjv@Numbers:3:21)
SHIMON
- S>@ - (desert). The four sons of Shimon are enumerated in an obscure genealogy of the tribe of Judah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:20)
SHIMRATH
- S>@ - (guard), a Benjamite, of the sons of Shimhi. ( kjv@1Chronicles:8:21)
SHIMRI
- S>@ - (vigilant). A Simeonite son of Shemaiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:37) (B.C. after 1450.) The father of Jediael, one of David’s guard. ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:45) (B.C. before 1043.) A Kohathite Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. ( kjv@2Chronicles:29:13) (B.C. 726.)
SHIMRITH
- S>@ - (feminine of Shimri, vigilant), a Moabitess, mother of Jehozabad, one of the assassins of King Joash. ( kjv@2Chronicles:24:26) In ( kjv@2Kings:12:21) she is called SHOMER. (B.C. 839.)
SHIMROM
- S>@ - ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:1) SHIMRON
SHIMRON
- S>@ - (watch-height). A city of Zebulun. kjv@Joshua:11:1 kjv@Joshua:19:15) Its full appellation was perhaps Shimron-meron. The fourth son of Issachar according to the lists of Genesis, kjv@Genesis:46:13) and Numbers, kjv@Numbers:26:24) and the head of the family of the Shimronites.
SHIMRONITES, THE
- S>@ - SHIMRON
SHIMRONMERON
- S>@ - (watch-height of Meron). The king of Shimron-meron is mentioned as one of the thirty-one kings vanquished by Joshua. kjv@Joshua:12:20) It is probably the complete name of the place elsewhere called Shimron, a city of Zebulun. kjv@Joshua:11:1 kjv@Joshua:19:15)
SHIMSHAI, OR SHIMSHAI
- S>@ - (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. kjv@Ezra:4:8 kjv@Ezra:4:13,17,23) He was apparently an Aramaean, for the letter which he wrote to Artaxerxes was in Syriac. kjv@Ezra:4:7) (B.C. 529.)
SHINAB
- S>@ - (splendor of the father , i.e. God), the king of Admah in the time of Abraham. kjv@Genesis:14:2) (B.C. 1912.)
SHINAR
- S>@ - (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 was a plain country, where brick had to be used for stone and slime for mortar. kjv@Genesis:11:3) Among the cities were Babel (Babylon), Erech or Orech (Orchoe), Calneh or Calno (probably Niffer), and Accad, the site of which is unknown. It may be suspected that Shinar was the name by which the Hebrews originally knew the lower Mesopotamian country where they so long dwelt, and which Abraham brought with him from "Ur of the Chaldees."
SHIP
- S>@ - No one writer in the whole range of Greek and Roman literature has supplied us with so much information concerning the merchant-ships of the ancients as St. Luke in the narrative of St. Paul’s voyage to Rome. kjv@Acts:27-28. It is important to remember that he accomplished it in three ships: first, the Adramyttian vessel which took him from Caesarea to Myra, and which was probably a coasting-vessel of no great size, kjv@Acts:27:1-6) secondly, the large Alexandrian corn-ship, in which he was wrecked on the coast of Malta kjv@Acts:27:6-28) :1; and thirdly, another large Alexandrian corn-ship, in which he sailed from Malta by Syracuse and Rhegium to Puteoli. kjv@Acts:28:11-13) Size of ancient ships .
The narrative which we take as our chief guide affords a good standard for estimating this. The ship, in which St. Paul was wrecked had persons on board, kjv@Acts:27:37) besides a cargo of wheat, ibid. kjv@Acts:27:10 kjv@Acts:27:38) and all these passengers seem to have been taken on to Puteoli in another ship, ibid, kjv@Acts:28:11) which had its own crew and its own cargo. Now, in modern transport-ships, prepared far carrying troops, it is a common estimate to allow a toll and a half per man. On the whole, if we say that an ancient merchant-ship might range from 500 to 1000 tons, we are clearly within the mark. Steering apparatus .
Some commentators have fallen into strange perplexities from observing that in kjv@Acts:27:40) ("the fastenings of the rudders") St. Luke uses the plural. Ancient ships were in truth not steered at all by rudders fastened or hinged to the stern, but by means of two paddle-rudders one on each quarter, acting in a rowlock or through a port-hole as the vessel might be small or large. Build and ornaments of the hull.
It is probable that there was no very marked difference between the bow and the stern. The "hold," kjv@Jonah:1:5) would present no special peculiarities. That personification of ships which seems to be instinctive led the ancients to paint an eye on each side of the bow. Comp. kjv@Acts:27:15) An ornament of the ship which took Paul from Malta to Pozzuoli is more explicitly referred to. The "sign" of that ship, kjv@Acts:28:11) was Castor and Pollux; and the symbols of those heroes were doubtless painted or sculptured on each side of the bow. Under-girders .
The imperfection of the build, and still more (see below, 6) the peculiarity of the rig, in ancient ships, resulted in a greater tendency than in our times to the starting of the pranks and consequently to leaking and foundering. Hence it was customary to take on board peculiar contrivances, suitable called helps," kjv@Acts:27:17) as precautions against such dangers. These were simply cables or chains, which in case of necessity could be passed round the frame of the ship, at right angles to its length, and made tight. Anchors.
Ancient anchors were similar in form to those which we use now. except that they were without flukes. The ship in which Paul was sailing had four anchors on board. The sailors on this occasion anchored by the stern. kjv@Acts:27:29) Masts, sails, ropes and yards .
- The rig of an ancient ship was more simple and clumsy than that employed in modern times. Its great feature was one large mast, with one large square sail fastened to a yard of great length. Hence the strain upon the hull, and the danger of starting the planks, were greater than under the present system, which distributes the mechanical pressure more evenly over the whole ship. Not that there were never more masts than one, or more sails than one on the same mast, in an ancient merchantman; but these were repetitions, so to speak, of the same general unit of rig. Another feature of the ancient, as of the modern , feature of the ancient, as of ship is the flag at the top of the mast. Isai l.c., and kjv@Isaiah:30:17) We must remember that the ancients had no compass, and very imperfect charts and instruments, if any at all. Rate of sailing .
St. Paul’s voyages furnish excellent data for approximately estimating this; and they are quite in harmony with what we learn from other sources. We must notice here, however
what commentators sometimes curiously forget-that winds are variable. That the voyage between Troas and Philippi, accomplished on one occasion, kjv@Acts:16:11-12) in two days, occupied on another occasion, kjv@Acts:20:6) five days. With a fair wind an ancient ship would sail fully seven knots an hour. Sailing before the wind.
The rig which has been described is, like the rig of Chinese junks, peculiarly favorable to a quick run before the wind. kjv@Acts:16:11 kjv@Acts:27:16) It would, however, be a great mistake to suppose that ancient ships could not work to windward. The superior rig and build, however, of modern ships enable them to sail nearer to the wind than was the case in classical times. A modern ship, if the weather is not very boisterous, will sail within six points of the wind. To an ancient vessel, of which the hull was more clumsy and the yards could not be braced so tight, it would be safe to assign seven points as the limit. Boats on the Sea Of Galilee .
In the narrative of the call of the disciples to be "fishers of men," kjv@Matthew:4:18-22; kjv@Mark:1:16 kjv@Mark:1:20 kjv@Luke:5:1-11) there is no special information concerning the characteristics of these. With the large population round the Lake of Tiberias, there must have been a vast number of both fighting-boats and pleasure-boats, and boat-building must have been an active trade on its shores.
SHIPHI
- S>@ - (abundant), a Simeonite, father of Ziza, a prince of the tribe in the time of Hezekiah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:37) (B.C. 726.)
SHIPHMITE THE
- S>@ - probably, though not certainly, the native of Shepham. ( kjv@1Chronicles:27:27)
SHIPHRAH
- S>@ - (brightness), kjv@Exodus:1:15) the name of one of the two midwives of the Hebrews who disobeyed the command of Pharaoh to kill the mule children. vs. kjv@Exodus:1:15-21) (B.C. 1570.)
SHIPHTAN
- S>@ - (judicial), father of Kemuel, a prince of the tribe of Ephraim. kjv@Numbers:34:24) (B.C. before 1450.)
SHISHA
- S>@ - (Jehovah contends), father of Elihoreph and Ahiah, the royal secretaries in the reign of Solomon. (Kings:4:3) He is apparently the same as Shavsha, who held the same position under David. (B.C. 1000.)
SHISHAK
- S>@ - king of Egypt, the Sheshonk I. of the monuments, first sovereign of the Bubastite twenty-second dynasty. His reign offers the first determined syncronism of Egyptian and hebrew history. The first year of Shishak would about correspond to the 26th of Solomon (B.C. 989), and the 20th of shishak to the 5th of Rehoboam. Shishak at the beginning of his reign received the fugitive Jeroboam, (Kings:11:40) and it was probably at the instigation of Jeroboam that he attacked Rehoboam. "He took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem." he exacted all the treasures of his city from Rehoboam, and apparently made him tributary. (Kings:14:25-26; kjv@2Chronicles:12:2-9) Shishak has left a record of this expedition sculptured on the wall of the great temple of El
- Karnak. It is a list of the countries, cities and tribes conquered or ruled by him, or tributary to him.
SHITTAH TREE, SHITTIM
- S>@ - (Heb. shittah, the thorny), is without doubt correctly referred to some species of Acacia , of which three or four kinds occur in the Bible lands. The woof of this tree
perhaps the Acacia seyal is more definitely signified
was extensively employed in the construction of the tabernacle.
See Exod 25-26,36-37-38. (This tree is sometimes three or four feet in diameter (Tristram). The wood is close-grained and hard, of a fine orange-brown color, and admirably adapted to cabinet work.
ED.) The A. seyal is very common in some parts of the peninsula of Sinai. It yields the well-known substance called gum arabic, which is obtained by incisions in the bark, but it is impossible to say whether the ancient Jews were acquainted with its use. From the tangled thicket into which the stem of this tree expands, Stanley well remarks that hence is to be traced the use of the plural form of the Heb. noun shittim , the singular number occurring once only in the Bible. This acacia must not be confounded with the tree (Robinia pseudo-acacia) popularly known by this name in England, which is a North American plant, and belongs to a different genus and suborder. The true acacias belong to the order Leguminosae , sub-order Mimoseae .
SHITTIM
- S>@ - (the acacias), the place of Israel’s encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic highlands and the passage of the Jordan. kjv@Numbers:25:1 kjv@Numbers:33:49; kjv@Joshua:2:1 kjv@Joshua:3:1; kjv@Micah:6:5) Its full name appears to be given in the first of these passage
Abel has
- Shittim, "the meadow, or moist place, of the acacias." it was "in the Arboth-moab, by Jordan
- Jericho," (Numb 22:1; 26:3; 31:12; 33:48-49 That is to say, it was in the Arabah or Jordan valley, opposite Jericho.
SHIZA
- S>@ - (splendor), a Reubenite, father of Adina, ( kjv@1Chronicles:11:42) one of David’s warriors. (B.C. 1043.)
SHOA
- S>@ - (rich), a proper name which occurs only in kjv@Ezekiel:23:23) in connection with Pekod and Koa. The three apparently designate districts of Assyria with which the southern kingdom of Judah has been intimately connected, and which were to be arrayed against it for punishment.
SHOBAB
- S>@ - (rebellious). Son of David by Bath-sheba. (2 Samuel kjv@5:14; 1Chronicles:3:5 kjv@1Chronicles:14:4) (B.C. about 1046.) Apparently the son of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:18) (B.C. after 1706.)
SHOBACH
- S>@ - (expansion), the general of Hadarezer king of the Syrians of Zoba, who was defeated by David. (2 Samuel 10:15-18) In ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:16) he is called SHOPHACH. (B.C. 1034.)
SHOBAI
- S>@ - (glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the temple, who returned with Zerubbabel. kjv@Ezra:2:42; kjv@Nehemiah:7:45) (B.C. before 536.)
SHOBAL
- S>@ - (flowing). Second son of Seir the Horite, kjv@Genesis:36:20; kjv@1Chronicles:1:38) and one of the "dukes" of the Horites kjv@Genesis:36:29) Son of Caleb the son of Hur and founder or prince of Kirjath-jearim. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:50-52) (B.C. about 1445.) In ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:1-2) Shobal appears with Hur among the sons of Judah. He is possibly the same as the preceding.
SHOBEK
- S>@ - (free), one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. kjv@Nehemiah:10:24) (B.C. 446.)
SHOBI
- S>@ - (glorious) son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon. (2 Samuel 17:27) He was one of the first to meet David at Mahanaim on his flight from Absalom. (B.C. 1023.)
SHOCHO
- S>@ - ( kjv@2Chronicles:28:18) one of the four varieties of the name Socoh.
SHOCO
- S>@ - ( kjv@2Chronicles:11:7) a variation in the Authorized Version of the name Socoh.
SHOCHOH
- S>@ - ( kjv@1Samuel:17:1) same as Socoh.
SHOE
- S>@ - SANDAL
SHOHAM
- S>@ - (onyx), a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:27) (B.C.1043.)
SHOMER
- S>@ - (keeper). An Asherite, ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:32) also called Shamer. ver. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:34) The father (mother ?) of Jehozabad who slew King Joash. ( kjv@2Kings:12:21) In the parallel passage in ( kjv@2Chronicles:24:26) the name is converted into the feminine form Shimrith, who is further described as a Moabitess. SHIMRITH (B.C. 839.)
SHOPHACH
- S>@ - (expansion), Shobach, the general of Hadarezer. ( kjv@1Chronicles:19:16-18) (B.C. 1034.)
SHOPHAN
- S>@ - (bareness), one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Gad. kjv@Numbers:32:35)
SHOSHANNIM
- S>@ - (lilies). "To the chief musician upon Shoshannim" is a musical direction to the leader of the temple choir which occurs in kjv@Psalms:45:1 kjv@Psalms:69:1) and most probably indicates the melody "after" or "in the manner of" (Authorized Version upon") which the psalms were to be sung. Shoshannim-eduth occurs in the same way in the title of kjv@Psalms:80:1) ... As the words now stand they signify "lilies, a testimony," and the two are separated by a large distinctive accent. In themselves they have no meaning in the present text, and must therefore be regarded as probably a fragment of the beginning of an older psalm with which the choir were familiar.
SHUAH
- S>@ - (wealth). Son of Abraham by Keturah. kjv@Genesis:25:2; kjv@1Chronicles:1:32).) (B.C. before 1820.) Properly Shuchah brother of Chelub. ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:11) The father of Judah’s wife, kjv@Genesis:38:2 kjv@Genesis:38:12) called also Shua in the Authorized Version. (B.C. before 1725.)
SHUAL
- S>@ - (a jackal), son of Zophah, an Asherite. ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:36) (B.C. after 1445.)
SHUAL, THE LAND OF
- S>@ - a district named in ( kjv@1Samuel:13:17) only. It is pretty certain from the passage that it lay north of Michmash. If therefore it be identical with the "land of Shalim" ( kjv@1Samuel:9:4)
as is not impossible
we have the first and only clue yet obtained to Saul’s journey in quest of the asses. The name Shual has not yet been identified.
SHUBAEL
- S>@ - Shebuel the son of Gershon. ( kjv@1Chronicles:24:20) Shebuel the son of Heman the minstrel. ( kjv@1Chronicles:25:20)
SHUHAM
- S>@ - (pit-digger) son of Dan and ancestor of the Shuhamites. kjv@Numbers:26:42)
SHUHAMITES, THE
- S>@ - SHUHAM
SHUHITE
- S>@ - (decendant of Shuah). This ethnic appellative "Shuhite" is frequent in the book of Job, but only as the apithet of one person, Bildad The local indications of this book point to a region on the western side of Chaldea, bordering on Arabia; and exactly in this locality, above Hit and on both sides of the Euphrates, are found, in the Assyrian inscriptions, the Tsahi , a powerful people. It is probable that these were the Shuhites.
SHULAMITE, THE
- S>@ - one of the personages in the poem of Solomon’s (Solomon kjv@6:13) The name denotes a woman belonging to a place called Shulem, which is probably the same as Shunem. SHUNEM If, then, Shulamite and Shunammite are equivalent, we may conjecture that the Shunammite who was the object of Solomon’s passion was Abishag, the most lovely girl of her day, and at the time of David’s death the most prominent person at Jerusalem.
SHUMATHITES, THE
- S>@ - one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim. ( kjv@1Chronicles:2:53)
SHUNAMMITE, THE
- S>@ - i.e. the native of Shunem , is applied to two persons: Abishag, the nurse of King David, (Kings:1:3,15; 2:17,21-22) and the nameless hostess of Elisha. ( kjv@2Kings:4:12 kjv@2Kings:4:25 36)
SHUNEM
- S>@ - (double resting-place), one of the cities allotted to the tribe of Issachar. kjv@Joshua:13:18) It is mentioned on two occasions
( kjv@1Samuel:23:4; kjv@2Kings:4:8) It was besides the native place of Abishag. (Kings:1:3) It is mentioned by Eusebius as five miles south of Mount Tabor, and then known us Sulem. This agrees with the position of the present Solam , a village three miles north of Jezreel and five from Gilboa.
SHUNI
- S>@ - (fortunate), son of Gad, and founder of the family of the Shunites. kjv@Genesis:46:16; kjv@Numbers:26:15) (B.C. 1706.)
SHUNITES, THE
- S>@ - the descendants of Shuni.
SHUPHAM
- S>@ - SHUPPIM
SHUPHAMITES, THE
- S>@ - the descendants of Shupham or Shephupham, the Benjamite. kjv@Numbers:26:3)
SHUPPIM
- S>@ - (serpents). In the genealogy of Benjamin "Shuppim and Huppim, the children of Ir," are reckoned in ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:12) It is the same as Iri the son of Bela the son of Benjamin, so that Shuppim was the great-grandson of Benjamin.
SHUR
- S>@ - (a wall), a place just without the eastern border of Egypt. Shur is first mentioned in the narrative of Haggar’s flight from Sarah. kjv@Genesis:16:7) Abraham afterward "dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar." kjv@Genesis:20:1) It is also called Ethami. The wilderness of Shur was entered in the Israelites after they had crossed the Red Sea. kjv@Exodus:15:22-23) It was also called the wilderness of Etham. kjv@Numbers:33:8) Shur may have been a territory town east of the ancient head of the Red Sea; and from its being spoken of as a limit, it was probably the last Arabian town before entering Egypt.
SHUSHAN, OR SUSA
- S>@ - (a lily), is said to have received its name from the abundance of the lily (shushan or shushanah) in its neighborhood. It was originally the capital of the country called in Scripture Elam, and by the classical writers Susis or Susiana. In the time of Daniel Susa was in the possession of the Babylonians, to whom Elam had probably passed at the division of the Assyrian empire made by Cyaxares and Nabopolassar. kjv@Daniel:8:2) The conquest of Babylon by Cyrus transferred Susa to the Persian dominion; and it was not long before the Achaemenian princes determined to make it the capital of their whole empire and the chief place of their own residence. According to some writers the change was made by Cyrus; according to others it had at any rate taken place before the death of Cambyses; but, according to the evidence of the place itself and of the other Achaemenian monuments, it would seem most probable that the transfer was really the work of Darius Hystaspes. Nehemiah resided here. kjv@Nehemiah:1:1) Shushan was situated on the Ulai or Choaspes. It is identified with the modern Sus or Shush , its ruins are about three miles in circumference. (Here have been found the remains of the great palace build by Darius, the father of Xerxes, in which and the surrounding buildings took place the scenes recorded in the life of Esther. The great central hall was 343 feet long by 244 feet wide. The king’s gate, says Schaff, where Mordecai sat, "was probably a hall 100 feet square, 150 feet from the northern portico. Between these two was probably the inner court, where Esther appeared before the king."
ED.)
SHUSHANEDUTH
- S>@ - (the lily of testimony), kjv@Psalms:60:1) ... is probably an abbreviation of "Shoshannim-eduth." kjv@Psalms:80:1) ... SHOSHANNIM
SHUTHALHITES, THE
- S>@ - SHUTHELAH
SHUTHELAH
- S>@ - (noise of breaking), head of an Ephraimite family, called after him Shuthalhites, kjv@Numbers:26:35) and lineal ancestor of Joshua the son of Numb ( kjv@1Chronicles:7:20-27)
easton:
Shaalabbin @ or Shaal'bim, a place of foxes, a town of the tribe of Dan kjv@Joshua:19:42; kjv@Judges:1:35). It was one of the chief towns from which Solomon drew his supplies (kjvKings:4:9). It is probably the modern village of Selbit, 3 miles north of Ajalon.
Shaaraim @ two gates.
(1.) A city in the plain of Judah ( kjv@1Samuel:17:52); called also Sharaim kjv@Joshua:15:36).
(2.) A town in Simeon ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:31).
Shaashgaz @ servant of the beautiful, a chief eunuch in the second house of the harem of king Ahasuerus kjv@Esther:2:14).
Shabbethai @ Sabbath-born, a Levite who assisted in expounding the law and investigating into the illegal marriages of the Jews kjv@Ezra:10:15; kjv@Nehemiah:8:7 kjv@Nehemiah:11:16).
Shaddai @ the Omnipotent, the name of God in frequent use in the Hebrew Scriptures, generally translated "the Almighty."
Shadow @ used in kjv@Colossians:2:17; kjv@Hebrews:8:5 kjv@Hebrews:10:1 to denote the typical relation of the Jewish to the Christian dispensation.
Shadrach @ Aku's command, the Chaldean name given to Hananiah, one of the Hebrew youths whom Nebuchadnezzar carried captive to Babylon kjv@Daniel:1:6-7 kjv@Daniel:3:12-30). He and his two companions refused to bow down before the image which Nebuchadnezzar had set up on the plains of Dura. Their conduct filled the king with the greatest fury, and he commanded them to be cast into the burning fiery furnace. Here, amid the fiery flames, they were miraculously preserved from harm. Over them the fire had no power, "neither was a hair of their head singed, neither had the smell of fire passed on them." Thus Nebuchadnezzar learned the greatness of the God of Israel. (
See ABEDNEGO.)
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 kjv@Genesis:33:18-20). The Revised Version translates this word, and reads, "Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem," thus not regarding it as a proper name at all.
Shalim, Land of @ land of foxes, a place apparently to the north-west of Jerusalem ( kjv@1Samuel:9:4), perhaps in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin in Dan kjv@Joshua:19:42).
Shalisha, Land of @ probably the district of Baal-shalisha ( kjv@2Kings:4:42), lying about 12 miles north of Lydda ( kjv@1Samuel:9:4).
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 valley = valley of the cheesemakers (