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Shemeber (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

King of Zeboiim, one of the Jive kings defeated by Chedorlaomer, Gn 14^ (A Zvub^op, Luc. Zvfxdp, Syr. ; .(^n », Josephus Zv/ifii^opot). The Samaritan ha-s izuza, which may have arisen from a confusion between i and n, or may be due to an attempt to play upon the name. It has even been suggested (cf. Hall in SHOT) that the name in the text may have originated from a marginal gloss i3t< ao (' name lost').

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