Bible Location
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Shihor is used for the Nile or for the brook of Egypt depending on context. It is important because the name stands at the southern horizon of Israel's world and must be read carefully in each passage. First appears in Josh 13:3.1
Coordinates
31.03, 33.85
First appears
Josh 13:3
AI summary: Shihor matters because one name can point either to Egypt's great river system or to the border brook near the south-west frontier. In either case it marks the southern edge of geopolitical imagination and trade. The cross references present Shihor as a southern water-name of border, commerce, and Egyptian association.1
Latitude
31.03
Longitude
33.85
Bible references
2
(correctly Shi’hor) black; dark the name given to the river Nile in Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18. In Josh. 13:3 it is probably “the river of Egypt”, i.e., the Wady el-Arish (1 Chr. 13:5), which flows “before Egypt”, i.e., in a north-easterly direction from Egypt, and enters the sea about 50 miles south-west of Gaza. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.