Sebam (Hastings' Dictionary)

A town in the Sastoral district, ' a land for cattle,' in which [eshbon, Elealeh, and Nebo were also situated (Nu 32^). It is apjiarently the same place as Sibmah, which was in the territory of Reuben, and was rebuilt by the children of Reuben (Jos 13", Nu 32^). Sebam probably soon fell into the hands of the Moabites, in whose possession it was in the days of Isaiah and Jeremiah. It was then celebrated for its vines, which were destroyed by 'the lords of the nations' (Is 16*-', Jer 48'-).

Jerome {Onom. s. ' Sabama ') calls it a to^vn of Moab in the land of Gilead, and says that it was barely 500 paces from Heshbon {Com, in Is. v.), and one of the stron" places of the district. It is perhaps Sumia, on tne south side of Wddif Hesb&n, and 2 English mUes from Heshbon. There are here some ruins, rock-hewn sarcophagi, and rock-cut wine-presses {PEF Mem. East Pal. p. 221). C. W. Wilson. SEBAT C^a^ir) 1 Mac 16", or SHEBAT(o?f)Zec 1'.— The eleventh month ; see Time.

SECACAH(np3p; B Aix'ofi, A 2oxox<l ; Sachacha). — One of six cities situated in the 'wilderness' (midbdr) of Judah (Jos 15"'), that is, in the waste land west of the Dead Sea. It was unknown to Eusebius and Jerome (Onom. s. 'ZaKxi, Scacha), and there is no clue to its position. Conder (Ubk. to Bible) identifies it, doubtfully, with Khurbet ed- Dikkeh, also called Khurbet es-Sikkeh, ' ruin of the path,' 2 mUes S. of Bethany. This is too near Jerusalem.

Secacah was probably between the Kidron ravine ( Wddy en-Ndr) and En-gedi. C. W. Wilson. SECHENIAS (A Sex^'as)-— 1- (B om.) 1 Es 8« = Shecaniah, Ezr 8', where the text needs rearrang- ing to agree with 1 Esdras. 2. (B ElexovLm), 1 Es 8*"= Shecaniah, Ezr 8».