SHAMIR

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1. A city in the mountains of Judah
And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, (Joshua 15:4848And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, (Joshua 15:48))
2. A city on Mount Ephraim
The home and burial place of Tola, one of Israel's judges (leaders)
And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. (Judges 10:1-21And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. (Judges 10:1‑2))
3. Son of Michah, a Levite