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Place

Shen

Name meaning: tooth; ivory; change (Hitchcock)

A tooth, probably some conspicuous tooth-shaped rock or crag (1 Sam. 7:12), a place between which and Mizpeh Samuel set up his “Ebenezer.” In the Hebrew the word has the article prefixed, “the Shen.” The site is unknown.

Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain

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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(tooth), a place mentioned only in (1 Samuel 7:12) Nothing is known of it.

Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain

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