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Sheshach

Smith's Bible Dictionary

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She'shach. (from the goddess, Shach, reduplicated). Sheshach is a term which occurs only in Jeremiah 25:26; Jeremiah 51:41, where it is, evidently, used as a synonym, for either Babylon or Babylonia.

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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Sheshach'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​s/sheshach.html. 1901.
 
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