Shaaraim
A written article for Shaaraim is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shaaraim appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.
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Shaaraim
Original word
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שַׁעֲרַיִם shaaraim, sharaimH8189
Where Shaaraim appears in Scripture
וְשַֽׁעֲרַיִם וַֽעֲדִיתַיִם וְהַגְּדֵרָה וּגְדֵֽרֹתָיִם עָרִים אַרְבַּֽע-עֶשְׂרֵה וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃
And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages:
וַיָּקֻמוּ אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל וִֽיהוּדָה וַיָּרִעוּ וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ אֶת-הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים עַד-בּֽוֹאֲךָ גַיְא וְעַד שַֽׁעֲרֵי עֶקְרוֹן וַֽיִּפְּלוּ חַֽלְלֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים בְּדֶרֶךְ שַֽׁעֲרַיִם וְעַד-גַּת וְעַד-עֶקְרֽוֹן׃
And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
וּבְבֵית מַרְכָּבוֹת וּבַֽחֲצַר סוּסִים וּבְבֵית בִּרְאִי וּֽבְשַׁעֲרָיִם אֵלֶּה עָֽרֵיהֶם עַד-מְלֹךְ דָּוִֽיד׃
And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.