(preserved), the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built. (1 Kings 16:24) (B.C.
917.) [Samaria]
Shemida
(wise), a son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32; Joshua 17:2) (B.C. after 1690.)
Shemidah
Shemida the son of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:19)
Shemidaites, The
the descendants of Shemida the son of Gilead. (Numbers 26:32)
Sheminith
(eighth), a musical term found in the title of (Psalms 6:1) A similar direction is found in the
title of (Psalms 12:1) Comp. 1Chr 15:21 It seems most probable that Sheminith denotes a certain
air known as the eighth, or a certain key in which the psalm was to be sung.
Shemitic Languages
the family of languages spoken by the descendants of Shem, chiefly the Hebrew, Chaldaic,
Assyrian, Arabic Phoenician and Aramaic or Syriac. The Jews in their earlier history spoke the
Hebrew, but in Christ’s time they spoke the Aramaic, sometimes called the Syro-Chaldaic.
Shemuel
(heard by God).
•A commissioner appointed from the tribe of Simeon to divide the land of Canaan. (Numbers 34:20)
(B.C. 1450.)
•Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:33)
•Son of Tola, and one of the chiefs of the tribe of Issachar, (1 Chronicles 7:2) (B.C. 1014.)
Shen
(tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.
Shenazar
(splendid leader), son of Salathiel or Shealtiel. (1 Chronicles 3:18) (B.C. after 606.)
Shenir
[Senir]
Shepham
(fruitful), a place on the eastern boundary of the promised land. (Numbers 34:10,11)
Shephathiah
a Benjamite, father of Meshullam 6. (1 Chronicles 9:8)
Shephatiah
(judged by Jehovah).
•The fifth son of David. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3) (B.C. about 1050.)
•The family of Shephatiah, 372 in number, returned with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4; Nehemiah 7:9)
see also Ezra 8:8 (B.C. 536.)
•The family of another Shephatiah, who came up with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:4)
•A descendant of Judah. (Nehemiah 11:4)
•One of the princes of Judah who counselled Zedekiah to put Jeremiah in the dungeon. (Jeremiah
38:1) (B.C. 589.)
•One of the Benjamite warriors who joined David in his retreat at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:5) (B.C.
1054.)
•Chief of the Simeonites in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 37:16)
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