Bible Dictionary
SHAHAPAIM
Shahazumah is a Benjamite name or family reference in 1 Chronicles 8:8. The surrounding passage is textually obscure, so its precise identification is uncertain.
Definition
Shaharaim is a Benjamite name recorded in 1 Chronicles 8:8. The passage in which it occurs is highly obscure, and the name’s precise relation to the surrounding text cannot be established securely.
Biblical Usage
The name appears in the Benjamite genealogy of 1 Chronicles. One proposed reconstruction describes Shaharaim as begetting children in the field of Moab after driving out the Moabites, but this is only a suggested restoration of the difficult passage.
Historical Background
The text is considered corrupt beyond a certain emendation. The name Sharaim should not be assumed to connect with the preceding material without qualification.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>sha-ha-ra'-im (shacharayim; Codex Vaticanus Saarel; Codex Alexandrinus Saarem): A Benjamite name (1Ch 8:8). The passage is corrupt beyond only the most tentative emendation. "Sharaim" has no connection with the foregoing text. One of the suggested restorations of 1Ch 8:8,9 reads: "And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after he had driven them (i.e. the Moabites) out, from Hodesh his wife, Jobab," etc. (Curtis, International Critical Commentary).</p>