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Smith's Bible Dictionary
(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1 Chronicles 5:16;
Isaiah 33:9) In (Acts 9:35) called Saron. The name has on each occurrence with one exception only,
(1 Chronicles 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 (2 Chronicles 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
(belonging to Sharon), The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of Sharon,
(1 Chronicles 27:29) is the only Sharonite mentioned in the Bible.
Sharuhen
(refuge of grace), a town named in (Joshua 19:6) only among those which were in Jadah to
Simeon. It is identified with Sheriah a large ruin in the south country, northwest of Beersheba.
Shashai
(noble), one of the sons of Bani in the time of Ezra. (Ezra 10:40) (B.C. 457.)
Shashak
(longing), a Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14,25) (B.C. after 1450.)
Shaul
(asked).
•The son of Simeon by a Canaanitish woman, (Genesis 48:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:13; 1
Chronicles 4:24) and founder of the family of the Shaulites. (B.C. 1712.)
•One of the kings of Edom. (1 Chronicles 1:48,49) In the Authorized Version of (Genesis 36:37)
he is less accurately called Saul.
Shaveh
(plain), The valley of, described (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
(plain of the double city), mentioned (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
(nobility), the royal secretary in the reign of David, (1 Chronicles 18:16) called also Seraiah in
(2 Samuel 8:17) And Sheva in (2 Samuel 20:25) End in (1 Kings 4:3) Shisha.
Shawm
In the Prayer-book version of (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
(asking), one of the sons of Bani who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:29) (B.C. 452.)
Shealtiel
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