IT. iZSn mix n5ir,.S/(e««<fe^r&aC;iato', "The Fourth Year, a Half." A citron between two Lnlahs.
On the reverse, 'pi^J nbxsb, Lignllath Tsion, "Of the Liberation of Ziou." A palm-tree between two baskets of fruit.
III. r'^ni S^aiX riSir, Shenatn Aria, ReUa, "The Fourth Year, a Fourth." Two Lvlabs.
On the reverse, """i^ nbxsb— as before. Citron-fruit.
Silver Half-shekel of Simon IVIaccabaeus. (From the Brit- ish Museum.)
Ohverae. Vase, with date above it, " 1 ;" legend, " Half-shekel." Reverse. Branch bearing three flowers ; legend, " Jerusalem Holy."
Copper Quarter-shekel of Simon Maccabseus. (From Mr. Wigan's collection.)
Obverse. Two sheaves [!], with the legend " Year four, a Quarter." Reverse. A fruit, with the legend " Of the Liberation of Zion."
She-kia, a name given to Buddha (q. v.) among the Chinese. He is also called Fo,
Shekinah. See Shechinah.
She-king, one of the sacred books of the Chinese. It contains 311 odes and other lyrics, chiefiy of a mor- al tone and character, including several pieces which were probably composed twelve centuries before Christ. It is believed to be a selection from a larger number which were extant in the time of Confucius, and by him collected and published. — Gardner, Faiths of the World, s. V.
She'lah (Heb. Shelah', il^llJ, a petition, as in 1 Sam. i, 17 ; or rather perhaps peace, i. q. Shiloh; Sept. ^i]\o)fi or HijXwv V. r. 2»)XcJ), the youngest son of Ju- dah bv the daughter of Shuah the Canaanite (Gen. xxxviii, 5, II, 14, 26; xlvi, 12; 1 Cbron. ii, 2). B.C. ante 1873. His descendants, some of wh(mi are enu- merated in 1 Chron. iv, 21-23, were called (Numb, xxvi, 20) Shelanites (q. v.). For Shelach (A. V. " Shelah," I Chron. i, 18), the son of Arphaxad, see Sela.
She'lanite (Heb. collectively in the sing, and with the art,, hash-Sheluni', isbtjn, an irregular patronymic from Shelah, as if Shelan [comp. Shiloh, Shilonite J ; Sept. 6 SrjXwi'i) a designation of the descendants of Shelah (q. v.), the son of Judah (Numb, xxvi, 20),
Shelden, Francis F., a Methodist Episcopal min- ister, was born in Monroe County, N. Y., March 1(3, 1814, admitted on trial by the Indiana Conference in 1840, and filled the following apiwintments : Noblesville, Franklin, Versailles, Greenfield, Belleville, Springville, and Leesville. In 1848, owing to declining health, he received a superannuated relation, and died Jan. 16, 18,50. ]Mr. Shelden was a good English scholar, pos- sessed an investigating mind, and was a fluent preacher. See 3Iinutes of Annual Conferences, iv, 533.
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Sheldon, Gilbp:rt, archbishop of Canterbury, was the youngest son of Roger Sheldon, of Stanton, in Staf- fordshire, England, and was born there Jidy 19, 1598. He was admitted a commoner of Trinity College, Ox- ford, in 1613 ; was made Bachelor of Arts Nov. 27, 1617, and Master of Arts May 20, 1620 ; was elected fellow of All-Souls College in 1622, and about the same time entered holy orders. He became domestic chaplain of the lord keeper of Coventry, who gave him a prebend of Gloucester. He was some time rector of Ickford, in Bucks, and was presented to the rectory of Newington by archbishop Laud. He received the degree of Bachelor of Divinity Nov. 11, 1628, and was presented by the king to the vicarage of Hackney, in Middlesex. On June 25, 1634, he was made Doctor of Divinity, and in March, 1635, was elected warden of All -Souls. Dr. Sheldon became chaplain in ordinary to Charles I, and was afterwards clerk of the closet. During the rebell- ion, he adhered to the royal cause, and in February, 1644, was sent to attend the king's commissioners at the treaty of Uxbridge. In April, 1646, he attended the king at Oxford, and was witness to the vow made by him to restore to the Church all impropriations, lands, etc., if it pleased God to re-establish his throne. While the king was at Newmarket in 1647, Dr. Sheldon attended him as one of his chaplains. He was ejected from his wardenship by the Parliament visitors on March 30, 1647 (or 1648), and imprisoned. He was set at liberty on Oct. 24, 1648, and retired to Snelston, in Derbj'shire. Soon after the king's return, he was made dean of the Royal Chapel, and on Oct. 28, 1660, was consecrated bishop of London. The Savoy Conference (q. v.) was held (1661) at his lodgings. He was elected to the see of Canterbury Aug. 11, 1663, and on Dec. 20, 1667, chancellor of Oxford, but resigned that office July 31, 1669. He died at Lambeth,' Nov. 9, 1677. See Chalmers, Biog. Diet. s. v.
Shelemi'ah (Heb. Shelemyah', il^Tob^; but [ex- cept in Ezra x, 39; Neh. iii, 30; xiii, 13; Jer. xxxvii, 3, 13] in the prolonged form, Shelemya'hu, W^ppt^, re- paid of Jehovah ; Sept. l.tXsii.ia or I^eXtfiiag), the name of nine Hebrews.
1. A Levite appointed to guard the east entrance to the tabernacle under David, while his son Zechariah had the northern gate (1 Chron. xxvi, 14). B.C. 1043. In 1 Chron. ix, 21 ; xxvi, 1, 2, he is called Meshklkmi- ah; in Neh. xii, 25, Meshullam ; and in 1 Chron. ix, 17, 31, Shalt.um.
2. Son of Cushi and father of Nethaniah, which latter was father of the Jehudi whom the princes sent to Ba- ruch with an invitation to read Jeremiah's roll to them (Jer. xxxvi, 14). B.C. much ante 605.