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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Shaalbonite, The
Eliahba the Shaalbonite was one of David’s thirty seven heroes. (2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles
11:33) He was a native of a place named Shaalbon, but where it was is unknown. (B.C. 1048.)
Shaaph
(division).
•The son of Jahdai. (1 Chronicles 2:47)
•The son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, by his concubine Maachah. (1 Chronicles 2:49) (B.C.
after 1445.)
Shaaraim
(two gates), a city in the territory allotted to Judah, (Joshua 15:36) in Authorized Version
incorrectly Sharaim. (1 Samuel 17:52) Shaaraim one of the towns of Simeon, (1 Chronicles 4:31)
must be a different place.
Shaasgaz
(servant of the beautiful), the eunuch in the palace of Xerxes who had the custody of the women
in the second house. (Esther 2:14)
Shabbethai
(sabbatical) a Levite in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:15) It is apparently the same who with Jeshua
and others instructed the people in the knowledge of the law. (Nehemiah 8:7) (B.C. 450.)
Shachia
(announcemant) a son of Shaharaim by his wife Hodesh. (1 Chronicles 8:10)
Shaddai
(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, (Genesis 17:1;
28:3; 43:14; 48:3; 40:25) before the name Jehovah, in its full significance, was revealed. (Exodus
6:3) [God]
Shadrach
(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 (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
(erring), father of Jonathan the Hararite, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:34) [See
Shammah, 5] (B.C. about 1050.)
Shaharaim
(double dawn) a Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:8) (B.C. about 1546.)
Shahazimah
(toward the heights), one of the towns of the allotment of Issachar. (Joshua 10:22) only.
Shalem
(safe). (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
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