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Shearing-House

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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(2 Kings 10:12,14; marg., "house of shepherds binding sheep." RSV, "the shearing-house of the shepherds;" marg., "house of gathering"), some place between Samaria and Jezreel, where Jehu slew "two and forty men" of the royal family of Judah. The Heb. word Beth-eked so rendered is supposed by some to be a proper name.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Shearing-House'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​s/shearing-house.html. 1897.
 
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