Assuming, now, that the two names designate two different men, was Sheshbazzar a foreigner or
* Uulcsa one holds with Kosters that the list of names in this pa.Hsage really belongs to Nehemiob's time, and that the tirshttthd is Nehemiah himself.
t Notably van Hoonacker {Zorobabel et le tfcond temple, 29 ff.; cf. his NoitvfUes itttde^ gur la rentauration Juxve, 80, also 'Notes sur I'hist. de la restauration Juivc' in liB, Jan. 1001, p. 7 IT.) and Rvie {h'zra and y^hemiah, \xx\. 12 f.). Kuenen (0)id«r2o<il: » 11887), 437. 408, 60:i) was also at one time disposed to favour the identification, although latterly he abandoned it. See next note.
t Stode (GT/ ii. OSff.), Kucncn (OMOm. AhhatuU. 2IS U.), Renan {llist. du pruple d'Israi-l, iii, f>19 f.), .Sinend {Listen etc, 19), Kosters (//.-( heratel van Itrait, 8211.), Wellh. (Ui}* 158), Sayce iUCil 630), and many others.
g We refrain from citing, as an argument against the Identifl. cation, the occurrence of the trco nameg togetJier in 1 Eb Ol**!!?) ( Zop«^i>c/?iA Mai 'SMimSaaretp*!), because it is probable that the llrst of these names la Interpolated (not« the following sing, pronoun »irf).
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SHETH
SHEW
a Jew? It has been contended (by de Saulcy, Stude, ct al.) that he waa a Persian. But his Babylonian name does not Increase the probability of this view, and the appointment of a Jew to head the return and to act as pehah of Judah would be quite in harmony ^^•ith the policy of Cyrus towards the conquered races of the ein|iire he had over- thrown. Hence the view has lately been gaining ground that he was a Jew (Ed. Meyer, Wellh., Clieyne, et al.). It is a tempting suggestion, although of course it has not been made out, that Sheshbazzar is the Shenazzak of 1 Ch 3'", one of Juhoiachin's sons and uncle of Zerubbabel (Imbert, Ronan, Kosters, Ed. Meyer, et al.).* If this were so, it would justify the epithet 'prince of Judah' (.TiiiT^ tc\i-,r\) applied to him in Ezt 1*, a title which those who take him to be a foreigner have to ex- plain asdue to a mistake (Kuenen) or an intentional transformation on the part of the Chronicler. The nephew rather than the uncle appears from the first to have played the leading role, and his ser- vices, especially in connexion with the rebuilding of the temple, gave him such a place in the memo- ries of his countrymen that in Ezr 2^ ( = Neh 7') Zerubbabel stands at the head of the list, while Shesliba?zar [may the heathenish character of his name have also given offence to the puritan zealots ■who compiled the list ?] is not mentioned at all.
How long Sheshba?zar held office is uncertain, but at all events in the second year of Darius Hystaspis (n.c. 520) he had given place to Zerub- babel, who is known from contemporary evidence (Hag 1'- " 2^) to have been then 2>ehah of Judah. See, further, Zerubbabel, and the Literature cited at end of that article. J. A. Selbie.
SHETH.— In Nu 24" (only) AV and RVm tr.
n-i' •33 ' chUdren (sons) of Sheth ' (LXX ^f,e, Vulg. Seth), but there can be little doubt that the correct tr. is that of RV, ' sons of tumult.' In that case pp would stand for nxi? (from root hne'), and would be=pi<P of the parallel passage Jer 48" (AV and RV ' tumultuous ones'). G. Hoffmann {ZATWiii. 97) takes nj to be a textual error for pN?', which he supposes in both these passages as well as in Ara 2- {2K\a ]iNv'3 nps) to be a Moabite place-name, perhaps that of the acropolis of Ar. See, further, DiUm. on Nu 24".
SHETHAR (in?', Bn Luc. 2ap<ro9aioi, A 2opi?(r- 6eos). — One of the seven princes who 'sat first in the kingdom ' and had the right of access to the royal presence (Est 1", cf. Admatha). The deriva- tion and meaning of the name, which ia presumably Persian, cannot be determined.
8HETHAR-B0ZENAI CjiS yv^ [meaning doubt- ful]).— Named along with Tattenai and others in connexion with the correspondence with Darius about the rebuilding of the temple, Ezr 5'- ' 6'- ■* (B Zaeap^ovl;avi except in 6" Soeop^oufdx ; A Zafiap/Soufoi'al in 5' 6", SaOap^ovfiinjs in 5«, laBap- pov^avi in 6' ; Luc. throughout GapjSovfaKoioi), called in 1 Es e'-'-" 7' Saturabuzanes.
SHEYA.— 1. {NIC'; B "Laoi, A SaoiiX, Luc. J.ovi) A son of Caleb by his concubine, Maacah, 1 Ch 2<*. See Wellh. de Gentibus, 18, note 1. 2. See Shavsha.
SHEW. — Both verb and snbst. (always spelt 'shew,' the modem spelling 'show' had not yet come in ; both are found in early copies of Hooker, though ' shew ' is even then most frequent) are used in AV with greater freedom than now.
For the verb we find : 1. Make to see (or of
• It is Bcarcelv worth mentioninff that a Jewish tradition (Jalkut OD Ezr 1) identifies Sbeshba^^r with Daniel.
things make to he seen), literally, as now. Thus Ex 33" ' I beseech thee, shew me thy glory ' ; Jn 14* ' Lord, shew us the Father.' So Bacon, Essays, ' Of Death ' (Gold. Treas. ed. p. 6), ' Groanes and Convulsions, and a discoloured Face, and Friends weeping, and Blackes, and Obsequies, and the like, shew Death terrible.' 2. Make to be seen ligura- tively, declare, reveal (cf. Driver, Daniel, pp. 18 f., 47 ; Par. Psalt. 481). Thus 1 S 22" 'They knew when he fled, and did not shew it to me ('V: liS^ *JTN'nK, LXX ovK 6.TrQKa\v\liav t6 urtov fiov ; Vulg. non indicaverunt mihi ; KV 'did not disclose it to me'); Job 32"" 'Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion'; Ps 19^ 'Night unto night sheweth knowledge ' ; Sir 37™ ' There is one that sheweth wisdom in words, and is hated ' ; 1 Co 11^ 'Ye do shew {Karayy^WcTe, RV 'ye proclaim') the Lord's death till he come ' ; 15" ' I shew you a, mystery' (X^w, RV 'I tell'). Cf. Shaks. All's Well, IV. i. 93—