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Place · City

Shaaraim

Named in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Joshua 15:36.

In the Bible

All 1 verse in Joshua, 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.

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.

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A city in the plain of Judah (1 Sam. 17:52); called also Sharaim (Josh. 15:36).

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