Sharon

A rose, a wilderness, a place of settlement: Sharon is all three in Scripture. In the Song of Solomon the speaker says, “I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.” Isaiah sees Sharon “like a wilderness” when the land mourns, and then in blossom when “they shall see the glory of the LORD.” In 1 Chronicles some Israelites dwelt in Gilead and Bashan “and in all the suburbs of Sharon.” The name belongs to a place, so what Scripture gives is a picture of fertile land that can wither or bloom. Isaiah 35 shows it blooming.

4 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 5:16

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Isaiah

Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

Isaiah 35:2

It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 33:9) In (Acts 9:35) called SARON. The name has on each occurrence with one exception only, (1 Chronicles 5:16) the definite article; it would therefore appear that "the Sharon" was some well-defined region familiar to the Israelites. It is that broad, rich tract of land which lies between the mountains of the central part of the holy land and the Mediterranean --the northern continuation of the Shefelah. [PALESTINA AND PALESTINE] The Sharon of (2 Chronicles 5:16) to which allusion has already been made, is distinguished front the western plain by not having the article attached to its name, as the other invariably has. It is also apparent from the passage itself that it was some district on the east of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead and Bashan. The name has not been met with in that direction.