SHALMANESER King of Assyria between Tiglath-pileser and Sennacherib. He ascended the throne about B. C. 728, and reigned fourteen years. Scripture reports that he came into Palestine, subdued Samaria, and obliged Hoshea to pay him tribute; but in the third year, being weary of this exaction, Hoshea combined secretly with So, King of Egypt to … Continue reading “SHALMANESER”
Shalman
Shalman (Heb. Shalman , perhaps Persian, fire-worshipper; Sept. ; Vulg. Salmana), a name occurring but once (Hos 10:14, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle). It appears to be an abbreviated form of Shalmaneser (q.v.). Ewald, however, speaks of Shalman as an unknown king, but probably the predecessor of Pul (Die Propheten, 1, … Continue reading “Shalman”
Shalmai, The Children of
Shalmai, The Children of SHALMAI or SHAMLAI. Ezr 2:46; Neh 7:48. Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Shalmai
Shalmai (Heb. margin in Ezra Shalmay’, , my thanks; text Shamlay’, ; Sept. ; in Nehemiah Salmay’, , my garments; Sept. v), one of the head Nethinim whose descendants returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon (Ezr 2:46; Neh 7:48). B.C. ante 536. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Shalmai shalm, shalma-: the King James … Continue reading “Shalmai”
Shallun
Shallun (Heb. Shallun’, , another form of Shallum, retribution; Sept. ), son of Col-ho-zeh, and ruler of a district of the Mizpah; he assisted Nehemiah in repairing the spring gate and the wall of the pool of Has-shelach (A.V. Siloah) belonging to the king’s garden, even up to the stairs that go down from the … Continue reading “Shallun”
SHALLUM
SHALLUM 1. Son of Jabesh, or a native of Jebesh, who treacherously killed Zechariah King of Israel and usurped his kingdom, B. C. 772. He held it only one month, when Menahem son of Gadi killed him in Samaria. Scripture says that Shallun was the executioner of the threatenings of the Lord against the house … Continue reading “SHALLUM”
Shallot
Shallot The original word (shumim) occurs only once in Scripture, and that in the passage (Num 11:5) where the Israelites are described as murmuring, among other things, for the leeks, the onions, and the garlic (shumim) of Egypt. There can be no doubt of its being correctly so translated. Ancient authors mention that garlic was … Continue reading “Shallot”
Shallecheth, The gate of
Shallecheth, The gate of i.e., “the gate of casting out,” hence supposed to be the refuse gate; one of the gates of the house of the Lord, “by the causeway of the going up” i.e., the causeway rising up from the Tyropoeon valley = valley of the cheesemakers (1 Chr. 26:16). Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Shallecheth, The Gate
Shallecheth, The Gate (“overturning”.) 1Ch 26:16. Botcher translated “refuse door.” The gate was at the road of ascent from the middle valley of Jerusalem to the western side of the temple court. This ascending causeway is still existing, though hidden by the houses in the valley. So the Shallecheth gate is the bab Silsileh or … Continue reading “Shallecheth, The Gate”
Shallecheth
Shallecheth [some Shalle’cheth] (Heb. Shalle’keth, , overthrow; Sept. ), the name of a gate on the west of Solomon’s temple, which fell to the lot of the porters Shuppim and Hosah (1 Chronicles probably was that called Kipponos (Coponius) in the Talmud (Middoth, 1, 3). It is probably also identical with the gate Sur (2Ki … Continue reading “Shallecheth”