One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Shaaraim. Every Shaaraim in the Bible
place
Shaaraim
שַׁעֲרַ֫יִם
Shaaraim was a town in the Shephelah of Judah (Josh. 15:36) and a place the Philistines passed in their retreat from Socoh (1Sam. 17:52).
- verses
- 2
- first named
- Joshua 15:36
- last named
- Joshua 15:36
- feature
- settlement
- coordinates
- 31.74°N · 35.03°E
Khirbet es Sira (OpenBible)
Scholarship offers 2 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.
Description
Shaaraim in the text
Shaaraim, meaning "two gates," was a town located in the Shephelah (lowland hills) of Judah, mentioned in close association with Socoh and Azekah (Josh. 15:36). The town is also referenced in the account of David's victory over Goliath and the Philistines (1Sam. 17). After the Philistines were defeated at Socoh, they retreated down the valley of Elah (modern Wadi es-Sant) toward Gath and Ekron, passing by Shaaraim (1Sam. 17:52). Some scholars suggest that the "two gates" mentioned in this passage may refer to the Philistine strongholds of Gath and Ekron themselves, rather than a specific town. The exact location of Shaaraim is uncertain, but it has been tentatively identified with Tell Zakariya or Khirbet Sa'ireh, both located in the Shephelah region. However, these identifications remain speculative due to limited archaeological evidence.
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The pattern
Where Shaaraim is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
2 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in Joshua (1) and 1 Samuel (1).
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Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.
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