and furnished with troughs. At night he brought the flock home to the fold,
counting them as they passed under the rod at the door to assure himself
that none were missing. Nor did his labours always end with sunset. Often
he had to guard the fold through the dark hours from the attack of wild
beasts, or the wily attempts of the prowling thief (see 1 Samuel 17:34).”,
Deane’s David.
- SHEREBIAH flame of the Lord, a priest whose name is prominent in
connection with the work carried on by Ezra and Nehemiah at Jerusalem
(Ezra 8:17, 18, 24-30; Nehemiah 8:7; 9:4, 5; 10:12). - SHERESH root, a descendant of Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:16).
- SHEREZER one of the messengers whom the children of the Captivity
sent to Jerusalem “to pray for them before the Lord” (Zechariah 7:2). - SHERIFFS (Daniel 3:2), Babylonian officers.
- SHESHACH (Jeremiah 25:26), supposed to be equivalent to Babel
(Babylon), according to a secret (cabalistic) mode of writing among the
Jews of unknown antiquity, which consisted in substituting the last letter
of the Hebrew alphabet for the first, the last but one for the second, and so
on. Thus the letters sh, sh, ch become b, b, l, i.e., Babel. This is supposed
to be confirmed by a reference to Jeremiah 51:41, where Sheshach and
Babylon are in parallel clauses. There seems to be no reason to doubt that
Babylon is here intended by this name. (See Streane’s Jeremiah, l.c.) - SHESHAI whitish, one of the sons of Anak (Numbers 13:22). When the
Israelites obtained possession of the country the sons of Anak were
expelled and slain (Joshua 15:14; Judges 1:10). - SHESHBAZZAR O sun-God, defend the Lord! (Ezra 1:8, 11), probably
another name for Zerubbabel (q.v.), Ezra 2:2; Hag. 1:12, 14; Zechariah 4:6,
- SHETH tumult. (1.) “The children of Sheth” (Numbers 24:17); R.V., “the
sons of tumult,” which is probably the correct rendering, as there is no
evidence that this is a proper name here.
(2.) The antediluvian patriarch (1 Chronicles 1:1).