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SHOSHANNIM-EDUTH in title of Psalm 80 (R.V. marg., “lilies, a testimony”), probably the name of the melody to which the psalm was to be sung.

SHRINES, SILVER little models and medallions of the temple and image of Diana of Ephesus (Acts 19:24). The manufacture of these was a very large and profitable business.

SHUA wealth. (1.) A Canaanite whose daughter was married to Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3).

(2.) A daughter of Heber the Asherite (1 Chronicles 7:32).

SHUAH prostration; a pit. (1.) One of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Genesis 25:2; Chronicles 1:32). (2.) 1 Chronicles 4:11.

SHUAL, THE LAND OF land of the fox, a district in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Samuel 13:17); possibly the same as Shalim (9:4), in the neighbourhood of Shaalabbin (Joshua 19:42).

SHUHITE a designation of Bildad (Job 2:11), probably because he was a descendant of Shuah.

SHULAMITE the same, as some think, with “Shunammite,” from “Shunem:” otherwise, the import of the word is uncertain (Cant. 6:13; R.V., “Shulammite”).

SHUNAMMITE a person of Shunem (1 Kings 1:3; 2 Kings 4:12). The Syr. and Arab. read “Sulamite.”

SHUNEM two resting-places, a little village in the tribe of Issachar, to the north of Jezreel and south of Mount Gilboa (Joshua 19:18), where the Philistines encamped when they came against Saul (1 Samuel 28:4), and where Elisha was hospitably entertained by a rich woman of the place. On the sudden death of this woman’s son she hastened to Carmel, 20 miles