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| <p> ''''' shā ''''' - ''''' a ''''' - ''''' rā´im ''''' ( שערים , <i> ''''' sha‛ărayim ''''' </i> , "two gates"; Σακαρείμ , <i> ''''' Sakareı́m ''''' </i> ; the King James Version [[Sharaim]] ): </p> <p> (1) A city in the [[Shephelah]] or "lowland" of [[Judah]] mentioned ( Joshua 15:36 ) in close association with [[Socoh]] and Azekah; the vanquished army of the [[Philistines]] passed a [[Shaaraim]] in their flight from Socoh toward Gath and [[Ekron]] ( 1 Samuel 17:52 ). It is possible that in this latter reference the "two gates" may refer - as [[Septuagint]] implies - to the two [[Philistine]] strongholds themselves. Shaaraim has been identified with <i> '''''Tell''''' </i> <i> '''''Zakarı̄ya''''' </i> (see however [[Azekah]] ) and with <i> '''''Kh''''' </i> . <i> '''''Sa‛ı̄reh''''' </i> ( <i> PEF </i> , III, 124, Sh Xvii ), an old site West of <i> '''''Beit''''' </i> <i> '''''‛Atāb''''' </i> . Both proposals are hazardous. </p> <p> (2) One of the towns of [[Simeon]] ( 1 Chronicles 4:31 ), called ( Joshua 19:6 ) "Sharuhen" and, as one of the uttermost cities of Judah, called ( Joshua 15:32 ) "Shilhim." This town was in Southwestern [[Palestine]] and is very probably identical with the fortress Sharhana, a place of some importance on the road from Gaza to Egypt. Aahmes (XVIIIth Dynasty) besieged and captured this city in the 5th year of his reign in his pursuit of the flying [[Hyksos]] (Petrie, <i> Hist </i> , II, 22, 35), and a century later Tahutmes III, in the 23rd year of his reign, took the city of [[Sharuhen]] on his way to the siege and capture of [[Megiddo]] (Petrie, <i> Hist </i> , II, 104). On philological grounds <i> '''''Tell''''' </i> <i> '''''esh''''' </i> - <i> '''''Sheri‛ah''''' </i> , 12 miles Northwest of Beersheba, large ruin, has been proposed, but it does not suit at all the [[Egyptian]] data ( <i> PEF </i> , III, 399, Sh Xxiv ). </p> | | Shaaraim <ref name="term_60271" /> |
| ==References == | | <p> The probable site is that of Khu-bet Saireh, three and a half miles north- east of Beit Nettif, and one a half west of Belt Atab. It consists of "foundations on a hill, with a spring below" (Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey, 3:124). </p> |
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| <ref name="term_8077"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/shaaraim Shaaraim from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | | <ref name="term_60271"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/shaaraim+(2) Shaaraim from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:04, 15 October 2021
Shaaraim [1]
The probable site is that of Khu-bet Saireh, three and a half miles north- east of Beit Nettif, and one a half west of Belt Atab. It consists of "foundations on a hill, with a spring below" (Memoirs to the Ordnance Survey, 3:124).
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