Topic
Shelah
21 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.
- Genesis 38:5Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
- Genesis 38:11Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father’s house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father’s house.
- Genesis 38:14Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
- Genesis 38:26Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
- Numbers 26:20Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
- 1 Chronicles 1:18Easton · Smith · ISBE
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
- 1 Chronicles 4:21Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
- Genesis 46:12ISBE · Nave 1. Son of Judah
¶ And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.
- 1 Chronicles 1:24Smith · ISBE
¶ Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
- Genesis 10:24ISBE
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
- Genesis 11:12ISBE
And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:
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- Genesis 11:13 ISBE
- Genesis 38:2 Easton
- Genesis 46:10 Smith
- Numbers 26:16 ISBE
- 1 Chronicles 9:5 ISBE
- Nehemiah 3:15 ISBE
- Nehemiah 11:5 ISBE
- Isaiah 8:6 ISBE
- Luke 3:35 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
Petition. (1.) Judah’s third son (Gen. 38:2, 5, 11, 14).
(2.) A son of Arphaxad (1 Chr. 1:18).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 10 references
- The youngest son of Judah. (Genesis 38:5,11,14,26; 46:10; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 4:21) (B.C. before 1706.)
- The proper form of the name of Salah. (1 Chronicles 1:18,24)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
she'-la (shelah; Sala):
(1) The youngest son of Judah and the daughter of Shua the Canaanite (Ge 38:5,11,14,26; 46:12; Nu 26:20 (16); 1Ch 2:3; 4:21). He gave his name to the family of the Shelanites (Nu 26:20 (16)). Probably "the Shelanite" should be substituted for "the Shilonite" of Ne 11:5; 1Ch 9:5.
(2) (shelach): The son or (Septuagint) grandson of Arpachshad and father of Eber (Ge 10:24; 11:13 (12),14,15; 1Ch 1:18,24; Lu 3:35).
(3) Ne 3:15 = "Shiloah" of Isa 8:6.
See SILOAM.
In the topical indexes
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.