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Shaaraim
Two gates. (1.) A city in the plain of Judah (1 Sam 17:52); called also Sharaim (Josh 15:36).
(2.) A town in Simeon (1 Chr 4:31).
Named in the Bible
2 verses
- 1 Samuel 17:52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
