Sheerah is a woman in the Hebrew Bible who appears only in 1 Chronicles 7:24, where it says that she built three cities: Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. According to 2 Chronicles 8:5, Upper and Lower Beth-horon were rebuilt by Solomon as fortified cities.

Sheerah was the daughter of Ephraim, and her brothers were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Zabad, Beriah, Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, Nun, and Joshua. [1]

Herbert Lockyer suggests that she "must have been a woman of physical power,"[2] while Antje Labahn and Ehud Ben Zvi note that "her prestige remained in the community" since one of the cities (Uzzen-sheerah) carried her name.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "1 Chronicles 7 - NIV Bible - The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimr..." biblestudytools.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  2. ↑ Herbert Lockyer, "Sherah, Sheerah".
  3. ↑ Antje Labahn and Ehud Ben Zvi, "Observations on Women in the Genealogies of 1 Chronicles 1-9," Biblica 84 (2003), 475.
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