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Sharezer in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(god) protect the king!, a son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria. He and his brother Adrammelech murdered their father, and then fled into the land of Armenia (2 Kings 19:37)....

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Shalmaneser in Hitchcock's Bible Names

peace; tied; chained; perfection; retribution...

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Shamir in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A city in the mountains of Judah Jos 15:48 -2. A city on Mount Ephraim The home and burial place of Tola, one of Israel's judges (leaders) Jud 10:1,2 -3. Son of Michah, a Levite 1Ch 24:24...

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Shammah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

desert. (1.) One of the "dukes" of Edom (Gen. 36:13, 17). (2.) One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:9). He is also called Shimeah (2 Sam. 13:3) and Shimma (1 Chr. 2:13). (3.) One of David's three mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11, 12). (4.) One of David's mighties (2 Sam. 23:25); called also Shammoth (1 Chr. 11:27) and Shamhuth (27:8)....

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Shamgar in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sham'-gar (shamgar): 1. Biblical Account: One of the judges, son of Anath (`anath), in whose days, which preceded the time of Deborah (Jdg 5:6,7) and followed those of Ehud, Israel's subjugation was so complete that "the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways." The government had become thoroughly disorganized, and a...

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Shamir in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(n point or thorn.) 1. A town in the mountain district of Judah. Jos 15:48 only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron. 2. A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial- place of Tola the judge. Jud 10:1,2 Perhaps Samur, half-way between Samaria and Jenin. 3. A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel...

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Shammah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Genesis 36:13; Genesis 36:17; 1 Chronicles 1:37. 2. Jesse's third son, SHIMEA, SHIMEAH, SHIMMA (1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 16:13); present at David's anointing and at the battle with Goliath (1 Samuel 17:13). (See SHIMMA.) 3. One of David's three mighties; son of Agee the Hararite. Single handed he withstood the Philistines in a field of le...

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Shamgar in Naves Topical Bible

-A deliverer (judge, hero) of Israel Jud 3:31; 5:6...

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Shamir in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24). (2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir. (3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2)....

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Shammah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

loss; desolation; astonishment...

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