Place
Shamir
Named in 2 verses, first in Judges 10:1.
In the Bible
All 2 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Judges
- Judges 10:1
After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Judges 10:2
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
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
The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).