2. A son of Adlai, who had charge of king David's herds in the valleys (1 Chron. xxvii, 29). B.C. cir. 1020.
3. The father of Elisha the prophet (1 Kings xix, 16, 19; 2 Kings iii, 11 ; vi, 31). B.C. ante 900. "
4. A Gadite who dwelt in Bashan in Jotham's time (1 Chron. v, 12). B.C. cir. 750.
5. One of the descendants of king David, through the royal line (1 Chron. iii, 22). He seems to have lived as late as B.C. 350, for he was the brother of Neariah (q. v.).
Sha'pher (Ueh. She'pher, ^ti'ii, brigkiness, as in Gen. xlix, 21 ; always occurring "in pause" Sha'pher, ^S^ ; Sept. 'S.ai^ap v. r. '2apaa(pap), the name of a mountain at which the Israelites encamped during their sentence of extermination in the deswt; situated between Kehelathah and Haradah (Numb, xxxiii, 23, 24). Hitzig {Philist. p. 172) regards it as identical with IMount Halak (Josh, xi, 16); bnt the latter appears to have lain farther north-east. It is, perhaps, the present Araif en-N(ihah, about in the middle of the upper por- tion of the plateau Et-Tih. See Exode. For a different identification, see Wanderings in the Wilderness.
Shapira Manuscript is the name given by Biir and Delitzsch to a Hebrew codex which Jacob Shapira or Sappir, a Jewish rabbi from Jerusalem, brought from Arabia, and sold to the public library at Paris in 1868. It is written on parchment, and, according to Delitzsch in his preface to his edition of the book of Isaiah in connection with S. Biir (Leips. 1872), it is "pervetus- tum, integrum et omnino eximium." This codex con- tains some very valuable readings, of which we note e. g. the following :
1 Kings XX, 33, it reads in the text 13"2T3ll ii::bn"1, and in the margin in the Keri 13T3'2 nsiklbrTil.
Isa. X, 1.5, 1'^^1-5'a-rJtl (Van der H..oghi TX), which is also supported by a great many MSS. and printed edi- tions, as the Complut. : Venice, I.MS, 1521; Miinster't", 1.534, 1.54G; Stephan's, Hatter's, 15ST; Venice, IBTS, 1C90, 17:-!(t, 17.39; Maiituan, 1742, etc.
Isa. XV, 2, nSTiJ (Van der Hooght iiyi"l5), which is in
accoi-dniice with the Masorah, and which Is also found iu Jer. xlviii, 37.
Isa. Ixiii, 11, ij'l (Van der Hooglit ri"5), so many JISS. and editions.
Psa. Ixxviii, .51, Ctl-^SriNn (V. d. Hooght tDH-ibriNn), which is also found in 2 codd. Kerinic (No. 97, 133). (B. P.)
Shara Malachai ( Yellmr-hnnnets), the party of Lamaites who reject the Bogdo-Lama (chief of the Ked-bonnets) and recognise the Dalai-Lama alone as an infallible spiritual head.
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SHARON
Sharab. See Mirage.
Sha'rai [many S/un-'ai, some Shara'il (Ueb.Sha- raji'. "^"id, release?-; Sept. 'Eapiov v. r. 'Apov), one of the ■•sons" (if Bani, who had married strange wives after the captivity (Ezra x, 40). B.C. cir. 457.
Shara'iin (Josh, xv, 30). See Shaaraim.
Sha'rar (Heb. Shai-ar', "I'^'j, s(ron(] ; Sept. 'Apcu V. r. '2apctp), the father of Ahiam the Hararite, one of David's mighty men (2 Sam. xxiii,33). B.C. cir. 1040. In the parallel passage (1 Chron. xi, 35) he is called Sacar, which is, perhaps, tlie better reading (Kenni- cott, Dissert, p. 203). See David.
Sharasaiidha, in Hindn mythology, was a power- ful king who ruled over the entire southern part of In- dia, and the most dangerous enemy of Krishna, with whom he disputed the sovereignty in seventeen battles and in a duel.
Share is the rendering in 1 Sam. xiii, 20 of r"r"^n"3, macharesheth (from TTjH, to scratch or cw<), an agricultural instrument requiring to be sharpened; probably the iron point of that part of the plough which entered the ground. See JIattock.
Share'zer (Heb. Share'tser, ^^X~id, Persian for prince qfjire ; Sept. 'S.apaadp v. r. Scpafffi), the name of two men.
1. A son of Sennacherib (q. v.), who, with his brother Adrammelech, murdered their father in the house of the god Nisroch (2 Kings xix, 37; Isa. xxxvii, 38). B.C. post 711. "Moses of Chorene calls him Sanasar, and says that he was favorably received by the Ar- menian king to whom he fled, and given a tract of country on the Assyrian frontier, where his descendants became very numerous {/fist. A mien, i, 22). He is not mentioned as engaged in the murder, either by Poly- histor or Abydenus, who both speak of Adrammelech" (Smith).
2. A messenger sent along with Regem-melech (q. v.), in the fourth year of Darius, by the people who had returned from the captivity to inquire concerning fasting in the tifth month (Zech. vii, 2, A.V. " Shere- zer").^ B.C. 519.
Shariver, in Persian mj'thology, is one of the sev- en good spirits created b}' Ormuzd to make war on Ahriman, and who had control over metals.
Sha'ron (Heb. Sharon', 'TiT^J, a plain ; Sept. usual- ly 'S.apiov [comp. Acts ix, 85], Snrpwi'ne), the name, ap- parently, of three places in Palestine. See also Sha- ronitp:. (In the treatment of these we avail ourselves, in ])art, of the article in Smith's Dictionary.^
1. The district along the jMediterranean is that com- monly referred to under this distinctive title. See also Saron.
1. The Name. — This has invariably, when referring to this locality (1 Chron. xxvii, 29; Cant, ii, 1; Isa. xxxiii,9, XXXV, 2; Ixv, 10), the definite article, llTc-'il, hash-Sharon; and this is represented, likewise, in the Sept. renderings 6 Raptor, 6 ('pifjuof, to irt^iov. Two singular variations of this are found in the Vat. MS. (Mai), viz. 1 Chron. v, 16, Pfpia/x; and xxvii. 29, 'Arrfi- hiov. where the A is a remnant of the Hebrew definite article. It is worthj' of remark that a more decided trace of the Hebrew article appears in Acts ix, 35, where some MSS. have ' kaaapwva. The Lasharon (q. v.) of Josh, xii, 18, which some scholars consider to be Sharon with a preposition prefixed, appears to be more probably correctly given in the A. V. The term thus appears to be denominative of a peculiar place, like " the Arabah," " the Shephelah," " the Ciccar," " the Pisgah," etc. See Topographical Terms.