ISBE
✕

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Shion

shi'-on (shi'on; Codex Vaticanus Siona, Codex Alexandrinus Seian):

A town in the territory of Issachar, named with Shunem, Hapharaim and Anaharath (Joshua 19:19). It is possibly identical with Khirbet Sha'in, near `Ain esh-Sha'in, circa 4 miles Northwest of Mt. Tabor.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.