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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(the land of foxes), a district through which Saul passed on his journey in quest of his father’s
asses. (1 Samuel 9:4) only. It probably was east of Shalisha.
Shalisha, The Land Of
one of the districts traversed by Saul when in search of the asses of Kish. (1 Samuel 9:4) only.
It was a district near Mount Ephraim. In it perhaps was situated the place called Baal-shalisha, (2
Kings 4:42) 15 Miles north of Lydda.
Shallecheth
(overthrow), The gate, one of the gates of the “house of Jehovah.” (1 Chronicles 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
(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. (2 Kings 15:10-14)
•The husband of Huldah the prophetess, (2 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 34:23) in the reign of Josiah.
(B.C. 830.)
•A descendant of Shesham. (1 Chronicles 2:40,41)
•The third son of Josiah king of Judah, known in the books of Kings and Chronicles as Jehoahaz.
(1 Chronicles 3:15; Jeremiah 22:11) [Jehoahaz] (B.C. 610.)
•Son of Shaul the son of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:25)
•A high priest. (1 Chronicles 6:12,13; Ezra 7:2)
•A son of Naphtali. (1 Chronicles 7:13)
•The chief of a family of porters or gate-keepers of the east gate of the temple. (1 Chronicles 9:17)
(B.C. 1050.)
•Son of Kore, a Korahite. (1 Chronicles 9:19,31)
•Father of Jehizkiah, an Ephraimite. (2 Chronicles 28:12)
•One of the porters of the temple who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:24)
•One of the sons of Bani. (Ezra 10:42)
•The son of Halohesh and ruler of a district of Jerusalem. (Nehemiah 3:12)
•The uncle of Jeremiah, (Jeremiah 32:7) perhaps the same as 2.
•Father or ancestor of Maaseiah (Jeremiah 35:4) perhaps the same as 9. (B.C. 630.)
Shallun
(retribution), the son of Cohozeh, and ruler of a district of the Mizpah. (Nehemiah 3:15)
Shalmai
(my thanks). The children of Shalmai were among the Nethinim who returned with Zerubbabel.
(Ezra 2:46; Nehemiah 7:48) In Nehemiah SALMAI. (B.C. 536.)
Shalman
(fire-worshipper), a contraction for Shalmaneser king of Assyria. (Hosea 10:14) Others think
it the name of an obscure Assyrian king, predecessor of Pul.
Shalmaneser
(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
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