Shema standard
s of "fathers' houses" in Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath (1Ch 8:13, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Sama, Lucian, Samoa); in 1Ch 8:21 he is called "Shimei." The statement is very obscure and th…
Where is Shema in the Bible?
Shema was a town located in the Negev region of southern Judah, as documented in the Book of Joshua. The town appears in Joshua 15:26 as part of the list of cities allotted to the tribe of Judah during the division of the Promised Land. While limited biblical references exist about specific events occurring in Shema itself, the town represents one of the numerous settlements that comprised ancient Judah's territorial holdings in the arid Negev region.
In Scripture1 biblical book; 1 with study content
- Joshua
Shema (2)
ISBE 1915 (Public Domain)s of "fathers' houses" in Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath (1Ch 8:13, Codex Vaticanus and Codex Alexandrinus Sama, Lucian, Samoa); in 1Ch 8:21 he is called "Shimei." The statement is very obscure and the whole incident is probably due to some marginal note.
(3) One of those who stood at Ezra's right during the reading of the Law (Ne 8:4, Samaias). He is called "Sammus" in 1 Esdras 9:43.
Horace J. Wolf
she-ma'-a, shem'-a-a (ha-shema`-ah; Codex Vaticanus Ama, Codex Alexandrinus Samaa, Lucian, Asma): A Benjamite, who was the father, according to the Massoretic Text, of Ahiezer and Joash; but according to the Septuagin