Shamir
[Of] the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah;
Shamir....
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And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son
of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in
Shamir in mount Ephraim....
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And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was
buried in Shamir....
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sha'-mer (shamir; Sameir):
(1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh (Josh 15:48) as one
of the cities of Judah in the hill country. Possibly it is
Khirbet (or Umm) Somerah, 2,000 ft. above sea-level, a site
with ancient walls, caves, cisterns and tombs not far West of
Debir (edh Dhatheriyeh) and 2 miles North of Anab (`Anab)
(Israel Explorati...
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-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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(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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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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("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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