Topic
Shamir
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:48Easton · Smith · Nave 1. A city in the mountains of Judah
¶ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh,
- Judges 10:1Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A city on Mount Ephraim — The home and burial place of Tola, one of Israel' s judges (leaders)
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.
- Judges 10:2Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A city on Mount Ephraim — The home and burial place of Tola, one of Israel' s judges (leaders)
And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- 1 Chronicles 24:24Easton · Smith · Nave 3. Son of Michah, a Levite
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
A sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24).
(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.
(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- A town in the mountain district of Judah. (Joshua 15:48) only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron.
- A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola the judge. (Judges 10:1,2) Perhaps Samur , half-way between Samaria and Jenin .
- A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. (1 Chronicles 24:24)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.