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•SHARON, SARON a plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west of Jerusalem, about 30 miles long and from 8 to 15 miles broad, celebrated for its beauty and fertility (1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; 35:2; 65:10). The “rose of Sharon” is celebrated (Cant. 2:1). It is called Lasharon (the article la being here a part of the word) in Joshua 12:18.‌‌‌‌

•SHAVEH-KIRIATHAIM plain of Kirja-thaim where Chedorlaomer defeated the Emims, the original inhabitants (Genesis 14:5). Now Kureiyat, north of Dibon, in the land of Moab.

•SHAVEH, VALLEY OF valley of the plain the ancient name of the “king’s dale” (q.v.), or Kidron, on the north side of Jerusalem (Genesis 14:17).

•SHAVSHA (“Seraiah,” 2 Samuel 8:17; “Shisha,” 1 Kings 4:3), one of David’s secretaries (1 Chronicles 18:16).

•SHEALTIEL asked for of God, father of Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:2, 8; Nehemiah 12:1).

•SHEARING-HOUSE (2 Kings 10:12, 14; marg., “house of shepherds binding sheep.” R.V., “the shearing-house of the shepherds;” marg., “house of gathering”), some place between Samaria and Jezreel, where Jehu slew “two and forty men” of the royal family of Judah. The Hebrews word Beth-eked so rendered is supposed by some to be a proper name.

•SHEAR-JASHUB a remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to his son (Isaiah 7:3), perhaps his eldest son.

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