SHAMMAH sham'-a (shammah): (1) The son of Reuel, the son of Esau, a tribal chief of Edom (Genesis 36:13,17; 1 Chronicles 1:37, Some). (2) The third son of Jesse and brother of David. Together with his two other brothers he fought under Saul in the campaign against the Philistines and was with the army in the valley of Elah when David slew Goliath

SHAMLAI sham'-la-i, sham'-li. See SALMAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMLAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMIR (2) (shamir; Samer): A Kohathite, son of Micah (1 Chronicles 24:24). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMIR (2)'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMIR (1) sha'-mer (shamir; Sameir): (1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh (Joshua 15:48) as one of the cities of Judah in the hill country. Possibly it is Khirbet (or Umm) Somerah, 2,000 ft. above sea-level, a site with ancient walls, caves, cisterns and tombs not far West of Debir (edh Dhatheriyeh) and 2 miles North of Anab (`Anab) (Palesti

SHAMGAR sham'-gar (shamgar): 1. Biblical Account: One of the judges, son of Anath (`anath), in whose days, which preceded the time of Deborah (Judges 5:6,7) and followed those of Ehud, Israel's subjugation was so complete that "the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways." The government had become thoroughly disorganize

SHAMHUTH sham'-huth. See SHAMMUAH, IV. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMHUTH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMER sha'-mer. See SHEMER. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMER'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMEFASTNESS sham'-fast-nes: The original the King James Version translation of aidos, in Sirach 41:16 and 1 Timothy 2:9. Perhaps half a century later the spelling "shamefacedness" supplanted the better form, and continues in the ordinary editions of the King James Version. The Revised Version (British and American), however, rightly restores "sh

SHAMEFACEDNESS sham'-fast-nes, sham-fas'-ed-nes. See SHAMEFASTNESS. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMEFACEDNESS'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAME sham (bosh, "to be ashamed," bosheth, "shame," qalon; aischune, "ignominy," atimia, "dishonor," and other words): An oft-recurring word in Scripture almost uniformly bound up with a sense of sin and guilt. It is figuratively set forth as a wild beast (Jeremiah 3:24), a Nessus-garment (Jeremiah 3:25), a blight (Jeremiah 20:18), a sin against

SHAMED sha'-med. See SHEMED. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMED'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMBLES sham'-b'-lz (makellon): A slaughter-house; then a butcher's stall, meat-market. The word is once used in the New Testament in 1 Corinthians 10:25. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMBLES'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMAI sham'-a-i. See SALMAI. Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHAMA sha'-ma (shama`): One of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:44). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHAMA'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHALMAN shal'-man (shalman): A name of uncertain meaning, found only once in the Old Testament (Hosea 10:14), in connection with a place-name, equally obscure, "as Shalman destroyed Betharbel." Shalman is most commonly interpreted as a contracted form of Shalmaneser, the name of several Assyrian kings. If this explanation is correct, the king refe

SHALMANESER shal-ma-ne'-zer (shalman'ecer; Septuagint Samennasar, Salmandsar): The name of several Assyrian kings. See ASSYRIA; CAPTIVITY. It is Shalmaneser IV who is mentioned in the Biblical history (2 Kings 17:3; 18:9). He succeeded Tiglathpileser on the throne in 727 BC, but whether he was a son of his predecessor, or a usurper, is not apparen

SHALLUN shal'-un (shallun, not in the Septuagint): Another form of Shallum, the son of Col-hozeh. He was the ruler of the district of Mizpah. He assisted Nehemiah in building the wall of Jerusalem and in repairing the gate by the Pool of Siloah at the King's Gardens (Nehemiah 3:15). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography I

SHALMAI shal'-mi, shal'-ma-i: the King James Version form in Ezra 2:46 for "Shamlai"; Nehemiah 7:48 "Salmai" (which see). Copyright Statement These files are public domain. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHALMAI'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.

SHALLUM (2) (shallum, shallum, "the requited one" (2 Kings 15:10-15)): The 15th king of Israel, and successor of Zechariah, whom he publicly assassinated in the 7th month of his reign. Nothing more is known of Shallum than that he was a son of Jabesh, which may indicate that he was a Gileadite from beyond Jordan. He is said to have made "a conspir

SHALLUM (1) shal'-um (shallum, shallum; various forms in the Septuagint): This is the name of not less than 12 Hebrew persons: (1) The youngest son of Naphtali (1 Chronicles 7:13). He is also called "Shillem" in Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:49. (2) A descendant of Simeon, the son of Shaul and the father of Mibsam (1 Chronicles 4:25). He lived in 16