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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shemer:

guardian; thorn

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shemer:

she'-mer (shemer; Semer, Lucian, Semmer):

(1) The owner of the hill which Omri bought and which became the site of Samaria (1Ki 16:24, shomeron). Shemer may be an ancient clan name. The fact, however, that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it makes one doubt that the city of Samaria was named after Shemer; the passage is questionable. The real etymology of Samaria roots it in "watch mountain" (see Stade, Zeitschrift, 165 f).

(2) A Merarite (1Ch 6:46 (31), Semmer).

(3) An Asherite (1Ch 7:34, A and Lucian, Somer), called "Shomer" in 1Ch 7:32.

(4) A Benjamite (1Ch 8:12, Codex Vaticanus Semer; Codex Alexandrinus Semmer; Lucian, Samaiel); the Revised Version (British and American) "Shemed," the King James Version "Shamed."

The Hebrew manuscripts differ; some read "Shemer," others "Shemedh."

Written by Horace J. Wolf

Nave's Topical Bible

Shemer: Owner of the Site

Upon which the city of Samaria was built,

1Ki 16:24.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shemer:

(preserved) the owner of the hill on which the city of Samaria was built (1 Kings 16:24). (B.C. 917) SEE [SAMARIA, SAMARITANS].