Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.
Shimron
2 verses
Genesis
Genesis 46:13
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Joshua
Joshua 11:1
And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Matthew George Easton, 1897
From Smith's Bible Dictionary
William Smith, 1884
(watch-height).
(1.) A city of Zebulun. (Joshua 11:1; 19:15) Its full appellation was perhaps Shimron-meron.
(2.) The fourth son of Issachar according to the lists of Genesis, (Genesis 46:13) and Numbers, (Numbers 26:24) and the head of the family of the Shimronites.