Topic
Shema (1)
3 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 15:26ISBE
Amam, and Shema, and Moladah,
- Joshua 19:2ISBE
And they had in their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah,
- Nehemiah 11:26ISBE
And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
she'-ma (shema`; Samaa): A city of Judah in the Negeb (Jos 15:26). If, as some think, identical with SHEBA (which see) of Jos 19:2, then the latter must have been inserted here from Jos 15:26. It is noticeable that the root letters (sh-m-`) were those from which Simeon is derived. Shema is probably identical with Jeshua (Ne 11:26). The place was clearly far South, and it may be Kh. Sa`wah, a ruin upon a prominent hilltop between Kh. `Attir and Khirbet el-Milch. There is a wall around the ruins, of large blocks of conglomerate flint (PEF, III, 409, Sh XXV).
E. W. G. Masterman
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.