Sheep fold

See Fold and Sheep. SHEEP GATE, Neh S'*" 12''.— See Jerusalem, vol. ii. p. 593. For the Sheep Gate (AV Sheep Market ; Gr. i) vpojianni) [sc. irvXi) as in LXX of or passages]) of Jn 5-, see ib. and art. Betuesda. SHEERAH (.Tix?))— A 'daughter' of Ephraim, who, according to the MT of 1 Cli 7", built the two IJeth-horons and a place of doubtful identity t called Uzzen-sheerah (.t;.'j:^-]ix=' portion [? lit. something weighed] of Shceiah'). In v.^ while A and Luc. recognize a proper name in •"!

■;•■<?'> H, reading ap- parently •ilNB'Ji instead of .tinb' ib;i (A <toi i) Oir/aTrip ainov i]aapd, Luc. — apad), renders khI iv ^kcIvols tois KaTaXoiiroLi, and makes Ephiaira himself the builder of the upper and the lower Peth-horon. In v.""" the LXX gives quite a ditt'erent turn to the passage. Instead of the place-name Uzzen-sheerah, it reads icoi viol 'OfaK- :Zeripa ( = .TJ(;{' |JN -J^!) J. A. Selbie.