People of the Bible · Tribe of Issachar

Shimron, son of Issachar

Shimron is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in Genesis 46:13.

Family of Shimron

Father

Siblings

Who was Shimron?

Watch-post, an ancient city of the Canaanites; with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Josh. 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth.

Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.

Key verses about Shimron

  • Genesis 46:13

    And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

  • Numbers 26:24

    Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:1

    Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.