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Sharezer in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("the king protects".) Sennaeherib's son and murderer, with Adrammelech. Moses of Chorene mills him Sanasar, and says the Armenian king to whom he fled gave him a tract of land where his descendants became numerous....

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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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Shamgar in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(sword), son of Anath, judge of Israel. When Israel was in a most depressed condition, Shamgar was raised up to be a deliverer. With no arms in his hand but an ox-goad, Jud 3:31 comp. 1Sam 13:21 he made a desperate assault upon the Philistines, and slew 600 of them. (B.C. about 1290.)...

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Shamir in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("a sharp point".) 1. A town in the mountains of Judah (Joshua 15:48); probably eight or nine miles S. of Hebron. 2. The judge Tola's home and burial place in Mount Ephraim (Judges 10:1-2). Why Tola of Issachar dwelt there is uncertain; either for security from the Canaanites, or Issachar may have possessed some towns in the Ephraim mounta...

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Shammua in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

sha-mu'-a, sham'-u-a (shammua`): (1) The Reubenite spy (Nu 13:4, Samouel, and other forms). (2) One of David's sons (2 Sam 5:14; 1 Ch 14:4, Sammous). In 1 Ch 3:5 he is called "Shimea." (3) A Levite (Neh 11:17); he is called "Shemaiah" in 1 Ch 9:16. (4) The head of a priestly family (Neh 12:18); a contemporary of Joiakim....

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