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Shumathites

1 Chron. ii. 53.SHUMATHITES, or Sematheans, one of the six Families or Colonies, that came out of Kirjath-jearim. The Shumathites are probably the Inhabitants of Shema, a City of the Tribe of Judah. Josh. xv. 26.

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