Topic
Sharaim
2 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:36Easton
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
- 1 Samuel 17:52Easton
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
Two gates (Josh. 15:36), more correctly Shaaraim (1 Sam. 17:52), probably Tell Zakariya and Kefr Zakariya, in the valley of Elah, 3 1/2 miles north-west of Socoh.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
sha-ra'-im.
See SHAARAIM.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 0 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → See SHAARAIM
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.