between David and Saul mentioned in 1 Samuel 26:13. Each stood on an
opposing cliff, with this deep chasm between.
- SELEUCIA the sea-port of Antioch, near the mouth of the Orontes. Paul
and his companions sailed from this port on their first missionary journey
(Acts 13:4). This city was built by Seleucus Nicator, the “king of Syria.”
It is said of him that “few princes have ever lived with so great a passion
for the building of cities. He is reputed to have built in all nine Seleucias,
sixteen Antiochs, and six Laodiceas.” Seleucia became a city of great
importance, and was made a “free city” by Pompey. It is now a small
village, called el-Kalusi. - SEMEI mentioned in the genealogy of our Lord (Luke 3:26).
- SENAAH thorny, a place many of the inhabitants of which returned from
Babylon with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:35; Nehemiah 7:38). - SENATE (Acts 5:21), the “elders of Israel” who formed a component part
of the Sanhedrin. - SENEH the acacia; rock-thorn, the southern cliff in the Wady es-Suweinit,
a valley south of Michmash, which Jonathan climbed with his
armour-bearer (1 Samuel 14:4, 5). The rock opposite, on the other side of
the wady, was called Bozez. - SENIR =Shenir, the name given to Hermon by the Amorites
(Deuteronomy 3:9). It means “coat of mail” or “breastplate,” and is
equivalent to “Sirion.” Some interpret the word as meaning “the
prominent” or “the snowy mountain.” It is properly the name of the
central of the three summits of Hermon (q.v.). - SENNACHERIB Sin (the God) sends many brothers, son of Sargon,
whom he succeeded on the throne of Assyria (B.C. 705), in the 23rd year
of Hezekiah. “Like the Persian Xerxes, he was weak and vainglorious,
cowardly under reverse, and cruel and boastful in success.” He first set
himself to break up the powerful combination of princes who were in
league against him. Among these was Hezekiah, who had entered into an
alliance with Egypt against Assyria. He accordingly led a very powerful
army of at least 200,000 men into Judea, and devastated the land on every
side, taking and destroying many cities (2 Kings 18:13-16; comp. Isaiah
22, 24, 29, and 2 Chronicles 32:1-8). His own account of this invasion, as
given in the Assyrian annals, is in these words: “Because Hezekiah, king of