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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(watch place). (1) An ancient Canaanite city allotted to
Zebulun
(
Josh. 11:1; 19:15
1
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, (Joshua 11:1)
15
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:15)
). (2) Fourth
son
of
Issachar
and founder of
Shimronites
(
Gen. 46:13
13
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. (Genesis 46:13)
;
Num. 26:24
24
Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. (Numbers 26:24)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Canaanitish
city
conquered by
Joshua
and allotted to
Zebulun
(
Josh. 11:1
1
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, (Joshua 11:1)
;
Josh. 19:15
15
And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. (Joshua 19:15)
). Identified
with
Semunieh
, 32° 42' N, 35° 12' E.
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
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