Shamir
Shamir, from the hill country of Ephraim, was an Issacharite who judged Israel for 23 years.
The name Shamir means “Shamer, prison; bush; lees; thorn”
PlaceOld Testament1 book2 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Judges 10:1; only referred to as Shamir (שָׁמִיר).
Location
- Certainty
- Uncertain (26% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 32.276° N, 35.195° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- שָׁמִירShamir
Mentions
- After the time of Abimelech, a man of Issachar, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, rose up to save Israel. He lived in Shamir, in the hill country of Ephraim.
- Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.