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•SHIMSHAI the shining one, or sunny, the secretary of Rehum the chancellor, who took part in opposing the rebuilding of the temple after the Captivity (Ezra 4:8, 9, 17-23).
•SHINAB cooling, the king of Adamah, in the valley of Siddim, who with his confederates was conquered by Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:2).
•SHIPHMITE probably the designation of Zabdi, who has charge of David’s vineyards (1 Chronicles 27:27).
•SHIPHRAH beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives (Exodus 1:15).
•SHIPHTAN judicial, an Ephraimite prince at the time of the division of Canaan (Numbers 34:24).
•SHIPS early used in foreign commerce by the Phoenicians (Genesis 49:13). Moses (Deuteronomy 28:68) and Job (9:26) make reference to them, and Balaam speaks of the “ships of Chittim” (Numbers 24:24). Solomon constructed a navy at Ezion-geber by the assistance of Hiram’s sailors (1 Kings 9:26-28; 2 Chronicles 8:18). Afterwards, Jehoshaphat sought to provide himself with a navy at the same port, but his ships