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Shamir
A sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr 24:24).
(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.
(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg 10:1, Judg 10:2).
Named in the Bible
4 verses
- Joshua 15:48 And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
- Judges 10:1 And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- Judges 10:2 And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- 1 Chronicles 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
