SHIMRON shĭm’ rŏn (שִׁמְרֹ֖ון, a guard) KJV SHIMROM, shĭm’ rŏm (1 Chron 7:1). 1. A son of Issachar and grandson of Jacob (Gen 46:13; 1 Chron 7:1). He was the eponymous head of the Shimronite family (Num 26:24).

2. A Canaanite city whose king was included in a military alliance initiated by Jabin, king of Hazor, the purpose of which was to resist the Israelite invasion under Joshua. It was later included in the territory assigned to the tribe of Zebulun (Josh 19:10, 15). Its inclusion in the district of Bethlehem (19:15) suggests that it may be located at the modern Tell es-Semuniya (the omission of the “r” being supported by the LXX) where Middle and Late Bronze effects have been discovered. It is prob. identical with Shimron-meron (12:20).