SHELAH
But
it
was
commonly
taught
that
it
had
always
been
absent
from
the
second
Temple,
as
had
been
'
the
glory'
(cf.
Ezk
1123
43»);
or
again,
that
on
the
successive
sins
of
Adam
and
his
descendants
it
had
been
withdrawn
from
earth
to
the
first
heaven,
and
finally
to
the
seventh.
The
conception,
in
fact,
varied.
It
was
disputed
whether
it
was
an
entity
distinct
from
God,
or
only
the
essence
of
God
as
manifested.
Though
at
first
regarded
a.s
im-personal
and
passive,
as
distinct
from
the
Memra,
the
agent
of
creation,
in
the
Talmud
it
becomes
active
and
talses
the
place
of
the
latter.
The
tendency
to
personifica-tion
is
significant.
Insisting
one-sidedly
on
the
tran-scendence
or
aloofness
of
God,
the
Jew
had
to
bring
Him
to
earth
again
by
such
mediatorial
agencies,
which
were
semi-personal
and
Divine,
but
not
God,
and
by
the
development
of
an
elaborate
angelology.
In
the
NT
the
word
'
glory
'
seems
often
to
refer
to
the
Shekinah
(cf
.
Bth.
Enoch
'
Lord
of
glory,'
and
'
the
Great
Glory,'
as
titles
of
God).
Ro
9*
speaks
of
'
the
glory
'
as
a
Jewish
privilege;
He
9'
of
'the
cherubim
of
glory.'
It
was
believed
that
the
Shekinah
would
return
with
the
Messiah;
'the
glory
of
the
Lord
shall
be
seen
and
the
cloud'
(2
Mac
2=).
(a)
It
is
connected
with
Christ
(Lk
2',
Mt
l?^;
cf.
2
P
1"
RVm,
where
the
Shekinah
is
personified).
In
1
P
4"
'the
spirit
of
glory'
rests
upon
Christ,
as
upon
the
Tabernade;
in
He
1'
He
is
'the
effulgence
of
the
glory';
in
Ja
2'
He
is
apparently
called
'the
Shekinah."
Of
special
significance
is
Jn
1",
which
combines
the
ex-pressions
'glory'
and
'tabernacle'
(Gr.
skgnoun,
prob-ably
intentionally
chosen
to
represent
'Shekinah,'
as
in
Rev
21').
It
connects
the
personal
presence
of
God
in
Christ
with
the
earlier
presence
in
the
Tabernacle;
what
was
formerly
symbol
is
now
manifest
'in
flesh.'
The
vagueness
of
the
Jewish
conception
gives
place
to
the
definite
presence
of
the
personal
Christ.
Cf.
with
Mt
18™
and
1
Co
11",
sayings
such
as
'when
two
sit
together
and
are
occupied
with
the
words
of
the
Law,
the
Shekinah
is
with
them,'
or
'the
man
is
not
without
the
woman,
nor
the
woman
without
the
man,
nor
both
of
them
without
the
Shekinah.'
(6)
It
is
connected
with
the
Christian.
The
first
of
the
six
things
lost
by
Adam
was
'the
glory,'
i.e.
the
reflexion
upon
him
of
the
Divine
glory,
or
perfection.
Of
this
we
fall
short
(Ro
3^),
but
it
is
in
process
of
being
recovered
by
the
Christian
(5^
S'*-
",
2
Co
3'8
4«;
cf.
2
Es
7"-
").
C.
W.
Emmet.
SHELAH.
—
1.
The
youngest
son
of
Judah
by
Shua
(Gn
385-
"•
»•
»
4612,
Nu
26M
<i«),
1
Ch
2'
42').
He
gave
his
name
to
the
family
of
the
Shelanites
(Nu
2620
I")).
Probably
'the
Shelanite'
should
be
read
also
for
'the
Shilonite'
of
Neh
ll*
and
1
Ch
9=.
2.
The
son
of
Arpachshad
(Gn
10»
^
11"
P^)-
»•
's,
1
Ch
1".
«,
Lk
S").
3.
Neh
3«.
See
Siloam.
SHELEMIAH.
—
1.
2.
Two
of
the
sons
of
Bani,
who
married
a
'strange'
wife
(Ezr
10'»-
"
[Selemias
m
1
Es
9"
<">]).
3.
Father
of
Hananiah
(Neh
3'").
4.
A
priest
(Neh
13").
5.
The
father
of
Jehucal
or
Jucal
(Jer
37»
38').
6.
The
father
of
Irijah
(Jer
37'8).
7.
1
Ch
26'<-See
Meshelemiah.
8.
Ancestor
of
Jehudi
(Jer
36'*).
9.
Son
of
Abdeel
(Jer
36«).
SHELEPH.
—
A
son
of
Joktan
(Gn
10")
and
therefore
a
tribe
in
Southern
Arabia.
It
is
not
yet
identified.
J.
F.
McCukdt.
SHELESH.—
An
Asherite
(1
Ch
7»).
SHELOUn.—
Father
of
an
Asherite
prince
(Nu
34").
SHELOMITH.
—
1.
The
mother
of
the
man
who
was
stoned
to
death
for
having
blasphemed
'the
Name'
(Lv
24").
2.
Daughter
of
Zerubbabel
(1
Ch
3").
3.
One
of
the
'sons
of
Izhar'
(1
Ch
23'*,
called
in
24^
Shelomoth)
.
4.
A
son
of
Rehoboam
(2
Ch
ll^").
6.
A
family
which
returned
with
Ezra
(Ezr
S'"
[1
Es
8«
Salimoth]).
SHELOMOTH.—
1.
(1
Ch
24«)
=Shelomithof
23".
2.
A
descendant
of
Moses
(1
Ch
26").
3.
A
Gershonite
(1
Ch
23»).
SHEMAIAH
SHELUMIEL.—
Prince
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon,
Nu
1«
2»
7"-
"
10"
(cf.
Jth
8').
See
also
Shemuel.
SHEM.
—
The
word
signifies
'name,'
which
can
also
denote
'fame,'
'renown'
(cf.
'the
men
of
name,'
Gn
6').
Possibly
it
is
an
abbreviation;
ct.
Shemuel
(Samuel),
'name
of
God.'
In
one
of
the
two
tradi-tions
combined
in
J
(Gn
6'8'-
lO"-")
Shem,
the
'son'
of
Noah,
is
the
eponymous
ancestor
of
several
peoples,
occupying,
roughly
speaking,
the
central
portions
of
the
known
world.
P
has
a
parallel
list
in
ll'"-".
It
is
clear
that
Shem
(from
which
is
formed
the
frequently
used
title
Shemites
or
Semites)
stands
merely
for
a
geographical
division,
for
some
of
the
nations
traced
to
him
—
e.g.
Elam,
and
Lud
(probably
Lydians)
—
are
certainly
not
Semitic.
In
the
other
tradition
(9™-2')
'
Shem
'
stands
for
a
people
in
Palestine
—
the
Hebrews,
or
some
portion
of
them
—
with
whom
'Japheth'
lived
in
close
conjunction,
and
to
whom
'
Canaan
'
was
subjugated.
See
Ham.
A.
xi
M*T*fFTTjF
SHEMA.—
1.
A
Reubenite,
1
Ch
6».
See
Shimei,
No.
5.
2.
One
of
those
who
put
to
fiight
the
inhabi-tants
of
Gath
(1
Ch
8",
called
in
v.''
Shimei).
3.
One
of
those
who
stood
at
Ezra's
right
hand,
at
the
reading
of
the
Law
(Neh
8<,
called
in
1
Es
9«
Sammus).
4.
A
town
of
Judah,
situated
in
the
Negeb.
The
site
is
unknown.
It
is
probably
this
Shema
that
appears
in
1
Ch
2'8
as
a
'son'
of
Hebron.
Cf.
also
Shbba,
4.
SHEMAAH.—
A
Benjamite
(1
Ch
12>).
SHEMAIAH
('
Jahweh
has
heard').—
1.
The
prophet
who
with
Ahijah
encouraged
the
revolution
of
the
ten
tribes
from
Jeroboam.
In
MT
he
appears
after
the
revolution
has
begun
(1
K
I222-M
2
Ch
ll^-').
In
the
second
LXX
account,
however,
he
appears
at
the
beginning,
at
the
assembly
in
Shechem
(IK
12").
He
is
mentioned
further
in
2
Ch
12''-',
and
his
history
in
12".
2.
Son
of
Shecaniah,
descendant
of
Zerubbabel
(1
Ch
322).
3.
Son
of
Shecaniah,
'keeper
of
the
east
gate,'
and
assistant
to
Nehemiah
in
repairing
the
wall
(Neh
32').
4.
A
Simeonite
(1
Ch
4"),
perhaps
Shimei
of
vv."-
27.
5.
A
Reubenite
(1
Ch
5'),
apparently
called
Shema
in
v.*.
6.
A
Merarite
Levite
dwelling
In
Jerusalem
(1
Ch
9'<,
Neh
11«).
7.
A
Levite
of
the
family
of
Jeduthun
(1
Ch
9"),
called
Shammua
in
Neh
11".
8.
Head
of
the
Levitical
Kohathite
clan
of
Elizaphan
in
the
time
of
David
(1
Ch
15'-
").
9.
The
scribe
who
registered
the
names
of
the
priestly
courses
in
the
time
of
David,
son
of
Nethanel
(1
Ch
24").
10.
A
Korahite
Levite,
oldest
son
of
Obed-edom
(1
Ch
26<-
••
').
11.
A
Levite,
teacher
of
the
Law
in
Judah
under
Jehoshaphat
(2
Ch
178).
12.
a
Levite
of
the
family
of
Jeduthun,
engaged
in
purifying
the
Temple
under
Hezekiah
(2
Ch
29'*).
13.
A
Levite
'over
the
freewill
offerings
of
God'
(2
Ch
31'»).
14.
A
chief
of
the
Levites
(2
Ch
35>),
called
Samaias
in
LXX
and
in
1
Es
1'.
15.
A
chief
man
under
Ezra
(Ezr
8'«),
called
Maasmas
and
Samaias
in
1
Es
8"-
".
16.
One
of
the
family
of
Adonikam
(Ezr
8"),
in
1
Es
S"
Samaias.
17.
A
priest
of
the
family
of
Harim
who
married
a
foreign
wife
(Ezr
lO"),
in
1
Es
92'
Sameus.
18.
A
layman
of
the
family
of
Harim
who
did
the
same
(Ezr
10"),
in
1
Es
9'2
Sabbeus.
19.
A
prophet,
son
of
Delaiah,
hired
by
Sanballat
and
Tobiah
to
terrify
Nehemiah
(Neh
6'"-").
20.
One
of
the
24
courses
of
priests
(Neh
10'
12"-
").
21.
A
man
present
at
the
dedication
of
the
wall
(Neh
12").
22.
A
priest,
descendant
of
Asaph
(Neh
12").
23.
A
singer
(or
clan)
having
part
in
the
dedication
of
the
wall
(Neh
12"«).
24.
Another,
or
perhaps
the
same
(Neh
12'2).
25.
Father
of
Uriah
the
prophet
(Jer
26
[Gr.
33]
2»).
26.
A
prophet,
called
'the
Nehelamite,'
carried
into
captivity
at
Babylon
with
Jehoiachin,
actively
engaged
in
opposing
Jeremiah
(Jer
292'-'2).
Jeremiah
predicted
the
complete
cutting
off
of
his
family.
27.
Father
of
Delaiah,
who
was
a
prince
in
the
reign
of
Zedekiah
(Jer
36
[Gr.
43]
'2).
