Place · City
Shaaraim
Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 15:36.
In the Bible
All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Joshua
- Joshua 15:36
Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim)—fourteen cities, along with their villages.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 17:52
Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
Dictionary
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.
Read Easton’s entry
A city in the plain of Judah (1 Sam. 17:52); called also Sharaim (Josh. 15:36).