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Shihor-Libnath

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Easton's Bible Dictionary · 1897

Black-white, a stream on the borders of Asher, probably the modern Nahr Zerka, i.e., the “crocodile brook,” or “blue river”, which rises in the Carmel range and enters the Mediterranean a little to the north of Caesarea (Josh. 19:26). Crocodiles are still found in the Zerka. Thomson suspects “that long ages ago some Egyptians, accustomed to worship this ugly creature, settled here (viz., at Caesarea), and brought their gods with them. Once here they would not easily be exterminated” (The Land and the Book).

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Hastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898

SHI'HOR-LIB'NATH (black-white), a landmark of Asher. Josh 19:26. The term is usually supposed to refer to a river which formed the extreme point of the frontier toward the south, and must have included Dor. Probably the Zerka, or "Blue River," which runs into the Mediterranean south of Dor; but Conder suggests its identity with Wady Shagkur.

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Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880

SHI'HOR-LIB'NATH (black-white), a landmark of Asher. Josh 19:26. The term is usually supposed to refer to a river which formed the extreme point of the frontier toward the south, and must have included Dor. Probably the Zerka, or "Blue River," which runs into the Mediterranean south of Dor; but Conder suggests its identity with Wady Shagkur.

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Easton's Bible Dictionary (Matthew George Easton, 1897). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Hastings Dictionary of the Bible (James Hastings, 1898). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain. Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible (Philip Schaff, 1880). Structured JSON vendored from NEUU Bible Dictionary Dataset at commit b8e82aa7ca847f4d97fb432cd965e398a111333c. The dataset wrapper is CC-BY-4.0; source dictionary texts are public domain.

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