Senir
Senir (Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 3:9 , 1 Chr 5:23 , Sng 4:8 , Ezek 27:5 (identified with Mount Hermon ). It is closely linked with Song of Solomon (Old Testament • 8 Chapters): Song of Solomon (Old Testament, 8 chapters). Key figures: Solomon , Jacob/Israel , David , Baal . Key places: Solomon's , Jerusalem , Kedar , Sharon 1 , Lebanon , Zion . Opens with: "The song of songs, which is Solomon's ...."
Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage
Serug (Generation 17 • Messianic Line • Child of Reu ): Serug is a biblical figure in Generation 17 of the Messianic Line , child of Reu , parent of Nahor . ( Genesis 11:20 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:35 , Genesis 11:22-23 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , 1 Chronicles 1 , Luke 3 ) Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Nahor (Generation 18 • Messianic Line • Child of Serug): Nahor is a biblical figure in Generation 18 of the Messianic Line, child of Serug, parent of Terah . ( Genesis 11:22 , 1 Chronicles 1:25-26 , Luke 3:34-35 , Genesis 11:24-25 ) (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 22 , Genesis 24 ) Ezra (Generation 48 • Child of Seraiah ): ( Ezra 7:1 ) Ezra was the priest who returned to Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity and recorded the events in the book of the Bible named Ezra. (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4 , Ezra 7 , Ezra 10 )
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Senir (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 3:9 , 1 Chr 5:23 , Sng 4:8 , Ezek 27:5 (identified with Mount Hermon ).) Seneh (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 14:4 .) Seir (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:6 , Gen 32:3 , Gen 33:14 , Gen 33:16 , Gen 36:8 , Gen 36:9 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).) Syene (now Aswan. Referenced in Isa 49:12 , Ezek 29:10 , Ezek 30:6 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Sennacherib's Prism ( Taylor Prism ) — Six-sided baked clay prism discovered at Nineveh inscribed with the annals of Assyrian King Sennacherib's 701 BC campaign against Judah , famously declaring that he shut up ' Hezekiah the Judahite within Jerusalem , his royal city, like a bird in a cage'—without claiming to capture the city ( 2 Kings 19:32–36 ).
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Deuteronomy 3:9 : "(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion ; and the Amorites call it Senir ;)"; Ezekiel 27:5 : "They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir : they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee."; 1 Chronicles 5:23 : "And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal –hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon .". Related canonical books and chapters: Song of Solomon (Old Testament • 8 Chapters), Song of Solomon 4 ( Song of Solomon • Chapter 4 (16 verses)), Ezekiel 27 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 27 (36 verses)).