Shamir
Shamir
(Heb. Shamir’, , a sharp point, as of a thorn [text in Chronicles Shamur’, , tried]; Sept. , v.r. [in Joshua] , [in Judges] , [in Chronicles] ), the name of two places and of a man.
1. A town in the mountain district of Judah (Jos 15:48), where it is named in connection with Jattir and Socoh, in the group in the extreme south of the tribe, west of south from Hebron. Keil (Comment. ad loc.) suggests that it may be the ruined site Um Shaumerah mentioned by Robinson (Bib. Res. 1st ed. 3, Append. p. 115), which is perhaps the Somerah suggested by Lieut. Conder (Tent Work in Palestine, 2, 339), although the position of neither is exactly indicated. We venture to suggest its possible identity with the ruined village Simieh southwest of Hebron (Robinson, ibid. p. 116), and in the immediate vicinity required, being three miles west of Juttah.
2. A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial place of Tola the judge (Jdg 10:1-2). It is singular that this judge, a man of Issachar, should have taken up his official residence out of his own tribe. We may account for it by supposing that the plain of Esdraelon, which formed the greater part of the territory of Issachar, was overrun, as in Gideon’s time, by the Canaanites or other marauders; of whose incursions nothing whatever is told us though their existence is certain driving Tola to the more secure mountains of Ephraim. Or, as Manasseh had certain cities out of Issachar allotted to him, so Issachar, on the other hand, may have possessed some towns in the mountains of Ephraim. Both these suppositions, however, are but conjecture, and have no corroboration in any statement of the records.
Shamir is not mentioned by the ancient topographers. Schwarz (Palest. p. 151) proposes to identify it with Sanur, a place of great natural strength (which has some claims to be Bethulia), situated in the mountains, halfway between Samaria and Jenin, about eight miles from each. Van de Velde (Memoir, p. 348) proposes Khirbet Sammer, a ruined site in the mountains overlooking the Jordan valley, ten miles east southeast of Nablus. There is no connection between the names Shamir and Samaria, as proposed in the Alex. Sept. (see above), beyond the accidental one which arises from the inaccurate form of the latter in that version and in our own, it being correctly Shomron.
3. A Kohathite Levite, son of Michah, and a servant in the sanctuary in David’s time (1Ch 24:24). B.C. cir. 1020.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Shamir (2)
SEE BRIER, DIAMOND.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Shamir
a sharp thorn. (1.) One of the sons of Michah (1 Chr. 24:24).
(2.) A town among the mountains of Judah (Josh. 15:48); probably Somerah, 2 1/2 miles north-west of Debir.
(3.) The residence of Tola, one of the judges, on Mount Ephraim (Judg. 10:1, 2).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Shamir (1)
(“a sharp point”.)
1. A town in the mountains of Judah (Jos 15:48); probably eight or nine miles S. of Hebron.
2. The judge Tola’s home and burial place in Mount Ephraim (Jdg 10:1-2). Why Tola of Issachar dwelt there is uncertain; either for security from the Canaanites, or Issachar may have possessed some towns in the Ephraim mountains. Van de Velde identifies Shamir with Khirbet Sammer, a ruin in the mountains overlooking the Jordan valley, ten miles E.S.E. of Nablus.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Shamir (2)
1Ch 24:24.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Shamir
SHAMIR.1. A Kohathite (1Ch 24:24). 2. A town in the hill-country of Judah (Jos 15:48). It is perhaps Khurbet Smerah, west of Debr. 3. The home and burial-place of Tola (Jdg 10:1-2). The site is uncertain.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Shamir (1)
shamer (, shamr; , Samer):
(1) Mentioned along with Jattir and Socoh (Jos 15:48) as one of the cities of Judah in the hill country. Possibly it is Khirbet (or Umm) Somerah, 2,000 ft. above sea-level, a site with ancient walls, caves, cisterns and tombs not far West of Debr (edh Dhatheryeh) and 2 miles North of Anab (Anab) (Palestine Exploration Fund, III, 262, 286, Sh XX).
(2) A place in the hill country of Ephraim (Jdg 10:1) from which came Tola, the son of Pual, a man of Issachar, who judged Israel 23 years; he died and was buried there. It is an attractive theory (Schwartz) which would identify the place with the semi-fortified and strongly-placed town of Sanur on the road from Nablus to Jenn. A local chieftain in the early part of the last century fortified Sanur and from there dominated the whole district. That Sanur could hardly have been within the bounds of Issachar is an objection, but not necessarily a fatal one. It is noticeable that the Septuagint’s Codex Alexandrinus has , Samareia, for Shamir (Palestine Exploration Fund, II, Sh XI).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Shamir (2)
(, shamr; , Samer): A Kohathite, son of Micah (1Ch 24:24).
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Shamir
Shamir, 1
Shamir, a city of Judah (Jos 15:48).
Shamir, 2
Shamir, a city in the mountains of Ephraim, where Tola lived and was buried (Jdg 10:1-2).
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Shamir
[Sha’mir]
1. Son of Michah, a Levite. 1Ch 24:24.
2. City in the mountains of Judah. Jos 15:48. Identified by some with ruins at Somerah, 31 25′ N, 34 56′ E.
3. City in Mount Ephraim, the residence of Tola, one of the judges. Jdg 10:1-2. Not identified.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Shamir
H8053 H8069
1. A city in the mountains of Judah
Jos 15:48
2. A city in Mount Ephraim. Home and burial place of Tola, the judge
Jdg 10:1-2
3. Son of Michah, a Levite
1Ch 24:24
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Shamir
Sha’mir. (point or thorn).
1. A town in the mountain district of Judah. In Jos 15:48 only. It probably lay some eight or ten miles south of Hebron.
2. A place in Mount Ephraim, the residence and burial-place of Tola, the judge. Jdg 10:1-2. Perhaps Samur, half-way between Samaria and Jenin.
3. A Kohathite, son of Micah or Michal, the first-born of Uzziel. 1Ch 24:24.