Encyclopedia of The Bible – Sheshach
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Sheshach

SHESHACH she’ shăk (שֵׁשַׁ֖כְ). The KJV rendering is prob. a cryptic name for Babylon (Jer 25:26; 51:41). In both passages the word is lacking in the LXX. Some scholars hold that it was not a part of the original text of Jeremiah, but is an addition by later editors.