Topic
Shimron
5 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Joshua 19:15Easton · Smith · Nave 2. A city in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages.
- Genesis 46:13Smith · Nave 1. Son of Issachar
¶ And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
- Numbers 26:24Smith · Nave 1. Son of Issachar
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.
- Joshua 11:1Smith · Nave 2. A city in the territory of the tribe of Zebulun
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
- 1 Chronicles 7:1Nave 1. Son of Issachar — Called SHIMROM
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- A city of Zebulun. (Joshua 11:1; 19:15) Its full appellation was perhaps Shimron-meron.
- The fourth son of Issachar according to the lists of Genesis, (Genesis 46:13) and Numbers, (Numbers 26:24) and the head of the family of the Shimronites.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.