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Shen (Hastings' Dictionary)

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

A well-known place, 'the Shen,' named witli Mizpah to indicate the position of the stone, called Ebenezer, which was set np by Samuel to commemorate the defeat of the Philis- tines (1 S 7'-). The site is unknown. It is not im- probable, however, that the LXX Tjjs s-aXmSs puts us on the track of the original reading, n:ifr\ or njp; (Jeshanah, 2 Ch 13'"). So Wellh., Driver, Budde, et al. ; cf. art. Ebenezer. C. "W. Wilson. SHENAZZAR(-re!<;si; BA Zaveaap, Luc. Zava(Tdp).

— A sou of Jeconiah, 1 Ch 3". See, further, Sheshb.^zzar,

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