Topic
Shemer
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- 1 Kings 16:24Smith · ISBE · Nave Owner of the site upon which the city of Samaria was built
And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria.
- 1 Chronicles 6:46ISBE
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
- 1 Chronicles 7:32ISBE
And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
- 1 Chronicles 7:34ISBE
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
- 1 Chronicles 8:12ISBE
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
In the reference works
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
she'-mer (shemer; Semer, Lucian, Semmer):
(1) The owner of the hill which Omri bought and which became the site of Samaria (1Ki 16:24, shomeron). Shemer may be an ancient clan name. The fact, however, that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it makes one doubt that the city of Samaria was named after Shemer; the passage is questionable. The real etymology of Samaria roots it in "watch mountain" (see Stade, Zeitschrift, 165 f).
(2) A Merarite (1Ch 6:46 (31), Semmer).
(3) An Asherite (1Ch 7:34, A and Lucian, Somer), called "Shomer" in 1Ch 7:32.
(4) A Benjamite (1Ch 8:12, Codex Vaticanus Semer; Codex Alexandrinus Semmer; Lucian, Samaiel); the Revised Version (British and American) "Shemed," the King James Version "Shamed."
The Hebrew manuscripts differ; some read "Shemer," others "Shemedh."
Horace J. Wolf
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Owner of the site upon which the city of Samaria was built 1Ki 16:24
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.