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Shebam

6 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1915 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.

In the reference works

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 6 references
(fragrance), one of the towns in the pastoral district on the east of Jordan; demanded by and finally ceded to the tribes of Reuben and Gad. (Numbers 32:3) It is probably the same as SHIBMAH, (Numbers 32:38) and SIBMAH. (Joshua 13:13; Isaiah 16:8,9; Jeremiah 48:32)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references

she'-bam.

See SEBAM.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
  • → A city of the tribe of Reuben Nu 32:3
  • → Apparently also called SHIBMAH and SIBMAH
  • → See SIBMAH

Texts: 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.

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