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Shamir
        (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. 1Ch 24:24


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Smith, William, Dr "Meaning and Definition for 'shamir' in Smiths Bible Dictionary".
bible-history.com - Smith's; 1901.

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