ii. Other suggestions are — (1) 'Till tranquillity come.' This assumes the existence of a very possible n^cJ or rt'jii = peace. But it leaves tlio sentence without an explanation of 'iSi, and the parallelism sutlers. It has the support of Keuss, Knobel, Friedliinder.
(2) ' Till he comes to peacefulness or a place of rest' (also '^h-^). So Kurtz, Oehler, and Perowne.
(3) ' Till he comes to that which is his own.' So OrcUi (Altlcst. Weiss, von d. Vollcndu?!;/ des Gottej.reuhi'j<, 1882, p. 137 ff. [ = 0T Pronh. 117 fl'.]), comparing Dt 33' ; and apparently Ball.
(4) Lagarde {Onom. Harm, 1870, ii. 06), compar- ing Mai 3', conjectures, as Matthew Hillei had done before him, rS'x^'=his desired one. This is accepted bv Bickell {Cann. VT Metrice, 1882, p. 188). Driver objects that the word savours of Syr. ratlier lliaa Hell., and that the sense asked is not suital)le here.
(5) WelUiausen, in his Geschichte, p. 375 (1878), threw out the suggestion that I'j] was a gloss explanatory of nV,;'. ' Till he come to whom is tho obedience,' etc. But this destroys the parallelism and the symmetry of tlie verse.
(6) Wellh. (Comp. 321), abandoning (5), thinks that the verse denotes in some way an ideal limit of time, the coming of the Messiah, and pre- supposes (as in fact the terms of vv.*- • do likewise) the Davidic monarchy [lie does not say clearly
how he understands n'?-=*]. This view of the pas- sage certainly seems correct. In spite of the dilfi- cuTties connected with .T?t, the words do seem to refer to the transition of the power of Judah into the hands of an iileal ruler.
(7) Clieyne (Isaiah, ii. [1S84] Essay iv.) thinks the text was once fuller, and would read nS ng'v or Dsv.
(8) Neubauer, At/wnwum, May 30th, 18S5, pro- poses to read dW, i.e. Jerusalem, 'until he come to Salem' (cf. Ball), with allusion to the establish- ment of tlie Davidic kingdom. This, of course, implies that B3ir lias the meaning 'leader's staft",' nui 'sceptre' (cf. j). oOO"" bottom).
It maj' be noticed that the Messianic tone of the passage is independent of the reading of this clause, being conveyed by the clause succeeding it.
LiTERATURB. — Besides above citationa and references see Driver in Cainb. Journal of I'hU. vol. xiv. No. 27, 1S83 (synopsis and explanation of Rabbin, and other interpretations), and Expositor, 3rd series, vol. ii. IIHS;')] p. 10 ff. ; S. Davidson, Introd. to OT, vol. i. ; kurtz, llixt. Old Covenant, vol. ii. ; the Comm. on On 4910 ; and the hist, and exeg. discussion in O. Baur, Alttest. Weistagung (ISUl), 227-200.
A. S. Aglen. SHILONITE (•iVp' ; in 2 Ch 9=» 'ih'v ; lO'-, Neh IP •:i'7;;'). — Gentilic name from Shiloh (which see ad init. p. 449-''). It is applied in the UT to 1. AlllJAH (see vol. i. p. 56'). 2. A Judaliite family, settled at Jerusalem after the Exile, Neh IP (Av wrongly Shiloni), 1 Ch 9°. In these last two passages we should prob. read 'iha Slulanite (cf. Nu 20-°), i.e. descendant of Shelah, one of the sons of Judah. The LXX readings are : B ilr/Xu- odT-n, (IK 11=» 12i» 15-^ 2Ch 9'^ 10">), ^T/Xui-cJ (1 Ch 9'), AtjXui-^ (Neh 11") ; A (in the same three groups of passages, respectively) SijXoij'tTijs, Sj/XwW, 'UXuW ; Luc. (in Neh IP) 'Z-qXai/d.
SHILSHAH (n\i'')v ; BA ZaKturi, Luc. ZeXe/urdi-).— An Asherile, 1 Ch 7".
SHIMEA (n;;^bI).— 1, See Shammca, No. 2. 2. A Mciarite, 1 Ch (S^m (B SoMfd, A Zaixi, Luc. Sa^ad). 3. A Gershonite, 1 Ch 6^" ("» CZeixai). 4. See SiiAMMAH, No. 2.
SHIMEAH (mr<> ; B Ztma., A So/iei, Luc. So/iod). — A descendant of Jeliiel tlie 'father' of Gibeon, 1 Ch 8»^ called in ^ Shimeam (a^V ; Bk Luc. Za/iad, A Xa^a),
SHIMEAM.— See Shimeah.
SHIMEATH (u-~.v or nics*; LXX in 2 Kings 'k/ioi/dtf, B in 2 Chron. -a;i«i, A ZafiAO, Luc. 'XaimiB). — One of the murderers of king Joash of Judah is called son of Shimeath (2 K 12-' (Ileb. ^2), 2Ch 24««). His own name in 1 Kings is given as Jozacar. But the evidence of 2 Chron., and in a less degree the witness of Heb. MSS, suggest that the name was originally Jehozahad (see JozACAR). This is tlie name of the second assassin also. It is there- fore signilicant that in the text of 2 Chron. the one is njcc^p and the other n•^c;;-I2. It becomes highly probable that the historian nanu?'' one assassin only, and tliat a second has been createil by dittography and textual corruption. If so, Ishimeath is probably the original of tho variants Shomer, Shimrith, and Shiinentli. In the present text of 2 Chron. Shimeath is plainly a woman, an Ammonitess. But in the light of the hypothesis here maintained there is equal reason to adopt the alternative ' Moabite ' from tlie following clause, and tlio one throws doubt on the other. Probably Sliimeath's Amnionite nationality belongs to a later amplilication of the iiariative. It is then most natural to sup|>()se that the lather of Jozacar (Jehozabad) was named Shimeath, and nut his I mother, voe' * to hear ' is the root of a number ol
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SHIMEATUITES
SHLMOX
proper names both in Hebrew and the cognate lan<;uages (Shiiuea, Shimei, etc.).
W. B. Stevenson. SHIMEATHITES (D'ny=»i ; BA 2ajna9ie(^, Luc. Tlafiadclv). — A minor subdivision of the Calebites (1 Ch 2"). They are representoil as belonging to that section or generation which inhabited districts near Jerusalem. They appear to be a dependency of Bethlehem as the text stands (cf. v."). Possibly they are named as one of the ' families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez.' In that case it is unlikely that the name is derived from the name of a place. The Vulgate does not transcribe, it translates resonantes. Wellh. (rfc Gentihus, 1870) implicitly suggests the meaning ' traditionists' (p. 30). This would no doubt stamp the record as a description of the post- exilic distribution of the population of Judah (vv."''-" according to Wellh. 's conjecture). Simi- larly, but in appearance less logically, the state- ment : canenles (Vulg. tr. of ' Tirathites ') et resonantes idea scribuntur eo quod assidue in Lege Dei et in Prophetis versabantur (Jerome, Opera, ed. Vallar." iii. 855). But the ShLmeathites may be distinct from the 'families of the scribes,' and the name may denote the inhabitants of a locality other than Jabez. The state of the text even suggests that they were a dependency of some other town than Bethlehem, now unnamed. It is not clear who are designated ' Kenites ' by the last clause of v.". The Kenites were closely allied to the Calebites. See, further, Wellh. de Gentihus ; also art. GENEALOGY, § IV. 39.