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Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

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SHAMIR (Place)

1. One of the 11 towns in the hill country allotted to Judah. First in the list of towns, Shamir is followed by Jattir (Jos 15:48). Its location is perhaps at el-Bireh, about 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) southwest of Hebron.

Show passage in OET: JOS 15:48

OET-RV JOS 15:48

48 Also in the hill country: Shamir, Yatir, Sokoh,

OET-LV JOS 15:48

48 And_in_country Shāmīr and_Yattir/(Jattir) and_Sōkoh.

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2. Town where Tola the judge lived and was later buried. Shamir was in the land of Ephraim (Jgs 10:1-2).

Show passage in OET: JDG 10:1–2

OET-RV JDG 10:1

10 Now after Avimelek, Tola (the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, from the tribe of Yisakar (Issachar)) came on the scene to rescue Yisrael (Israel). He settled in Shamir, in the hill country of Efrayim (Ephraim).

OET-RV JDG 10:2

2 He led Yisrael for twenty-three years, then he died and was buried in Shamir.

OET-LV JDG 10:1

10 And_he/it_rose_up after ʼAⱱīmelek to_deliver DOM Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) Tōlāˊ the_son_of Pūʼāh the_son_of Dōdō (the)_man_of Issachar and_he was_dwelling in_Shāmīr in_the_hill_country_of ʼEfrayim.

OET-LV JDG 10:2

2 And_he_judged DOM Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) twenty and_three year[s] and_he/it_died and_he_was_buried in_Shāmīr.

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