Smith's Bible Dictionary

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SHIPHTAN

(judicial), father of Kemuel, a prince of the tribe of Ephraim. (Numbers 34:24) (B.C. before 1450.)

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SHIRAMOTH

(name of heights, i.e. Jehovah).A Levite of the second degree in the choir formed by David. (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5) (B.C. 104.)A Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chr...

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SHISHA

(Jehovah contends), father of Elihoreph and Ahiah, the royal secretaries in the reign of Solomon. (1 Kings 4:3) He is apparently the same as Shavsha, who held the same position ...

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SHISHAK

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 ...

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SHITTAH TREE, SHITTIM

(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...

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SHITTIM

(the acacias), the place of Israel’s encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic highlands and the passage of the Jordan. (Numbers 25:1; 33:49; Joshua 2:1; 3:1; Micah 6...

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SHIZA

(splendor), a Reubenite, father of Adina, (1 Chronicles 11:42) one of David’s warriors. (B.C. 1043.)

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SHOA

(rich), a proper name which occurs only in (Ezekiel 23:23) in connection with Pekod and Koa. The three apparently designate districts of Assyria with which the southern kingdom ...

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SHOBAB

(rebellious).Son of David by Bath-sheba. (2 Samuel 5:14; 1 Chronicles 3:5; 14:4) (B.C. about 1046.)Apparently the son of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah. (1 Chronicle...

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SHOBACH

(expansion), the general of Hadarezer king of the Syrians of Zoba, who was defeated by David. (2 Samuel 10:15-18) In (1 Chronicles 19:16) he is called SHOPHACH. (B.C. 1034.)

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SHOBAI

(glorious). The children of Shobai were a family of the door-keepers of the temple, who returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:42; Nehemiah 7:45) (B.C. before 536.)

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SHOBAL

(flowing).Second son of Seir the Horite, (Genesis 36:20; 1 Chronicles 1:38) and one of the "dukes" of the Horites (Genesis 36:29)Son of Caleb the son of Hur and founder or princ...

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SHOBEK

(free), one of the heads of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:24) (B.C. 446.)

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SHOBI

(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.)

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SHOCHO

(2 Chronicles 28:18) one of the four varieties of the name Socoh.

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SHOCHOH

(1 Samuel 17:1) same as Socoh.

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SHOCO

(2 Chronicles 11:7) a variation in the Authorized Version of the name Socoh.

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SHOE

[SANDAL]

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SHOHAM

(onyx), a Merarite Levite, son of Jaaziah. (1 Chronicles 24:27) (B.C.1043.)

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SHOMER

(keeper).An Asherite, (1 Chronicles 7:32) also called Shamer. ver. (1 Chronicles 7:34)The father (mother?) of Jehozabad who slew King Joash. (2 Kings 12:21) In the parallel pass...

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SHOPHACH

(expansion), Shobach, the general of Hadarezer. (1 Chronicles 19:16,18) (B.C. 1034.)

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SHOPHAN

(bareness), one of the fortified towns on the east of Jordan which were taken possession of and rebuilt by the tribe of Gad. (Numbers 32:35)

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SHOSHANNIM

(lilies). "To the chief musician upon Shoshannim" is a musical direction to the leader of the temple choir which occurs in (Psalms 45:1; 69:1) and most probably indicates the me...

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SHUAH

(wealth).Son of Abraham by Keturah. (Genesis 25:2; 1 Chronicles 1:32).) (B.C. before 1820.)Properly Shuchah brother of Chelub. (1 Chronicles 4:11)The father of Judah’s wife, (Ge...

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SHUAL

(a jackal), son of Zophah, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:36) (B.C. after 1445.)

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SHUAL, THE LAND OF

a district named in (1 Samuel 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" (1 Samuel ...

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SHUBAEL

Shebuel the son of Gershon. (1 Chronicles 24:20)Shebuel the son of Heman the minstrel. (1 Chronicles 25:20)