Leviticus 25:4; 1 Samuel 2:5; Psalm 12:6; 79:12; Proverbs 26:16; Isaiah
4:1; Matthew 18:21, 22; Luke 17:4). The feast of Passover (Exodus 12:15,
16), the feast of Weeks (Deuteronomy 16:9), of Tabernacles (13:15), and
the Jubilee (Leviticus 25:8), were all ordered by seven. Seven is the number
of sacrifice (2 Chronicles 29:21; Job 42:8), of purification and consecration
(Leviticus 42:6, 17; 8:11, 33; 14:9, 51), of forgiveness (Matthew 18:21, 22;
Luke 17:4), of reward (Deuteronomy 28:7; 1 Samuel 2:5), and of
punishment (Leviticus 26:21, 24, 28; Deuteronomy 28:25). It is used for
any round number in such passages as Job 5:19; Proverbs 26:16, 25; Isaiah
4:1; Matthew 12:45. It is used also to mean “abundantly” (Genesis 4:15,
24; Leviticus 26:24; Psalm 79:12).
- SEVENTY WEEKS a prophetic period mentioned in Daniel 9:24, and
usually interpreted on the “year-day” theory, i.e., reckoning each day for a
year. This period will thus represent 490 years. This is regarded as the
period which would elapse till the time of the coming of the Messiah,
dating “from the going forth of the commandment to restore and rebuild
Jerusalem” i.e., from the close of the Captivity. - SHAALABBIN or Shaal’bim, a place of foxes, a town of the tribe of Dan
(Joshua 19:42; Judges 1:35). It was one of the chief towns from which
Solomon drew his supplies (1 Kings 4:9). It is probably the modern village
of Selbit, 3 miles north of Ajalon. - SHAARAIM two gates. (1.) A city in the plain of Judah (1 Samuel
17:52); called also Sharaim (Joshua 15:36).
(2.) A town in Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:31).