Shimron
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Shimron . 1 . The fourth son of Issachar ( Genesis 46:18 , Numbers 26:24 (20), 1 Chronicles 7:1 ); gentilic Shimronites in Numbers 26:24 (20). 2 . One of the towns whose kings Jabin called to his assistance ( Joshua 11:1 ). It was afterwards allotted to the tribe of Zebulun ( Joshua 19:15 ). Its site is unknown. Cf. next article.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Shim'ron. (Watch-Height).
1. A city of Zebulun. Joshua 11:1; Joshua 19:15. Its full appellation was, perhaps, Shimron-meron.
2. The fourth son of Issachar, according to the lists of Genesis, Genesis 46:13, and Numbers, Numbers 26:24, and the head of the family of the Shimronites.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
Canaanitish city conquered by Joshua and allotted to Zebulun. Joshua 11:1; Joshua 19:15 . Identified with Semunieh, 32 42' N, 35 12' E .
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Genesis 46:13 2 Joshua 11:1 Joshua 19:15
Easton's Bible Dictionary [5]
Joshua 19:15
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
(Heb. Shimron', שַׁמְרוֹן , Watch-Height), the name of a man and also of a place, (See Shimron-Meron).
1. (Sept. Σαμαράμ v. r. Σαμβράν , etc.). Last named of the four sons of Issachar ( Genesis 46:13; 1 Chronicles 7:1," Shimrom" in later editions). and head of the family of the Shimrunites ( Numbers 26:24). B.C. 1874.
2. (Sept. Σομερών v. r. Σεμερών and Συμεών .) A town of Zebulon ( Joshua 19:15, where it is named between Nahallal and Idalah),one of those which joined the northern confederacy under Jabin against Joshua. Joshua 11:5), and apparently the same elsewhere (12:20) more fully called Shimron-meron (q.v.). Eusebius and Jerome in the Onomasticon confound it with Samaria. The old Jewish traveller Hap-Parchi fixes it at two hours east of Engannim (Jenin), south of the mountains of Gilboa, at a village called in his day Dar Meron (Ashier, Benjamin, ii, 434). This is in. accordance with the tradition existing among the Jews of Safed that Shimron-meron is identical with the sacred village of Meiron, where the tombs of the rabbins Hillel and Shammai are still preserved and honored (Wilson, Lands Of The Bible, ii,3 13). Schwarz, with greater probability (see Reland, Palest. p. 1017, Gesenius, Thes. Heb. p. 1445), proposes (Palest. p. 172) to identify it with the Simonias of Josephus (Life, § 24), now Siminlyveh, a. village a few miles west of Nazareth, which is mentioned in the Talmud (Jerus. Megillah, c. 1) as the ancient Shimron.
