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Shumathite
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(Heb. collective with the art. hash-Shumathi', הַשֻּׁמָתַי, a gentile or patronymic; Sept. ῾Ησαμαθείμ; Vulg. Semathei), one of the four families who sprang from Kirjath-jearim (1 Chronicles 2:53); so called either as being colonists of a village named Shumah (שֻׁמָה, garlic [Gesen.], or valuation [Furst]), somewhere in that neighborhood, or as descendants from a man of that name; but in neither case is there any other trace of the origin or location.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shumathite'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shumathite.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Shumathite'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/shumathite.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
