Shamir (Judges 10)
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Other places named Shamir: Shamir (Joshua 15).
| Type | settlement |
|---|---|
| Most likely | another name for Samaria (low confidence) |
| Coordinates | 32.276° N, 35.195° E |
| Mentioned in | 2 verses |
| First mention | Judges 10:1 |
Shamir (Judges 10) is a settlement named in 2 verses of the Bible. It is most likely another name for Samaria (low confidence; 2 other proposals below).
Location
Where scholars place it, most confident first. Confidence is OpenBible.info's score from the sources it surveys; it is not this site's judgment.
| Identification | Confidence | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| another name for Samaria | low (26%) | 32.276° N, 35.195° E |
| Khirbet Samara | very low (3%) | 32.110° N, 35.275° E |
| another name for Shamir (Joshua 15) | very low (-1%) | 31.436° N, 34.926° E |
Verses
Judges
- Judges 10:1And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim.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.
- Judges 10:2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
Notes
- Locations from the OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Verses are those where at least one of ten English translations names this place, per OpenBible.info.