Place
Shema
city in Judah
A town in the Negeb of Judah listed among the southernmost cities in the tribal inheritance of Judah.
Who or what is this?
Shema is a city listed in 15:26 among the towns of the tribe of in the Negeb district. It appears in a group of towns near and and is one of the southernmost settlements in Judah's tribal inheritance. No further narrative events are associated with Shema in Scripture; it functions as a geographic boundary marker in the tribal allotment lists of Joshua. Its precise location has not been identified with certainty.
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