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Shimron

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Shimron (1)

shim'-ron (shimron, "watch"): The 4th son of Issachar (Gen 46:13; Num 26:24; 1 Chr 7:1), and ancestor of the Shimronites (Num 26:24).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Shimron (2)

(shimron; Codex Vaticanus Sumoon; Codex Alexandrinus Someron and other forms): A town whose king was tributary to Jabin king of Hazor, and who joined in the attempt to resist the invasion under Joshua (Josh 11:1). It was in the territory allotted to Zebulun (Josh 19:15). No sure identification is yet possible. The Septuagint and the Talmud both omit the "r" from the name; and Neubauer would identify it with Simonias (Vita, 24), the Simonia of the Talmud, which is now represented by Semuniyeh, a village about 5 miles West of Nazareth, on the edge of the plain (Geog. du Talm). Beit Lachm, named by Josephus along with it, is a short distance to the Northwest Es-Semeiriyeh, about 3 miles North of Acre, has also been suggested; but it is perhaps too far to the West.

W. Ewing

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Place Shimron

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