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Shearing-house The

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Shearing-house, The. A place on the road between Jezreel and Samaria, at which Jehu, on his way to the latter, encountered forty-two members of the royal family of Judah, whom he slaughtered. 2 Kings 10:12; 2 Kings 10:14. Eusebius mentions it as a village of Samaria, "in the great plain [of Esdraelon], 15 miles from Legion."

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shearing-house The'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/shearing-house-the.html. 1901.
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