KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

his plain; his song

1. The maritime slope of Palestine north of Joppa:

David's herds in
1 Chronicles 27:29

Roses and beauty of
Song of Solomon 2:1; Isaiah 33:9; Isaiah 35:2; Isaiah 65:10

Called Saron
Acts 9:35

2. A place of unascertained location
1 Chronicles 5:16

(a plain), a district of the holy land occasionally referred to in the Bible. (1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 33:9) In (Acts 9:35) called SARON. The name has on each occurrence with one exception only, (1 Chronicles 5:16) the definite article; it would therefore appear that "the Sharon" was some well-defined region familiar to the Isr'lites. It is that broad, rich tract of land which lies between the mountains of the central part of the holy land and the Mediterranean

the northern continuation of the Shefelah. [PALESTINA AND PALESTINE] The Sharon of (2 Chronicles 5:16) to which allusion has already been made, is distinguished front the western plain by not having the article attached to its name, as the other invariably has. It is also apparent from the passage itself that it was some district on the east of the Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead and Bashan. The name has not been met with in that direction.

A plain, a level tract extending from the Mediterranean to the hill country to the west of Jerusalem, about 30 miles long and from 8 to 15 miles broad, celebrated for its beauty and fertility (1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 33:9; 35:2; 65:10). The "rose of Sharon" is celebrated (Song of Solomon 2:1). It is called Lasharon (the article la being here a part of the word) in Joshua 12:18.

(belonging to Sharon), The Shitrai, who had charge of the royal herds in the plain of Sharon, (1 Chronicles 27:29) is the only Sharonite mentioned in the Bible.