The Latin again inserts remarks about the difference in the alphabets. The three S's in Hebrew are all under one section in Greek and Latin.
805. Sidōn. Genesis 10:15; K. 148:6; L. 281:43.
Summary of biblical information Judges 1:31. This city is not located but occasionally is used as a referent. Jerome here translated "foreigners" of the Greek text into "enemy."
806. Sennaar. Genesis 11:2f.; K. 148:11; L.
This entry is out of the Holy Land proper (Genesis 10:11). It includes a quotation from Josephus Antiquities I, 4, 3 after a simple biblical summary. Procopius 312B has the same information but calls it a "city" as well as a "plain."
In Interpretation of Hebrew Names "Sennaar, knocking out teeth, or their stink" (71).
807. Suchem (Sikima) (Salēm). Genesis 12:6; K. 150:1; L. 282:55.
This is a much worked over entry. A simple biblical summary (Genesis 33:18) and traditional location is followed by additions from scripture including an additional town (Judges 9:45; I Kings 12:25; I Chronicles 7:28; Genesis 33:19 and Joshua 20:7). Procopius 320A practically quotes the original two items: "Suchem and Sikima and Sēlon in the suburbs of Neapolis." Madaba map also follows Eusebius and separates "Suchem and Sikima and Salēm" from "Neapolis." Sychar (K. 164:1) seems to be to the left and Jacob's well to the right on the map. An entry on Salēm is incomplete in the Greek text at K. 152:4. The church at Jacob's well is seen on the Madaba map and affirmed by Jerome (K. 165:3). That entry does not say, however, that the well is at Sychar but around Neapolis. Paula "passed through Sichem, not as most travellers spell it, Sichar, which now is named Neapolis and entered the church built upon the side of Mt. Gerizim round about Jacob's well" ( Epistle 108: 13 and PPT I, 13).
In the time of Eusebius and Jerome the traditional site of Shechem was "a deserted place." It seems correct to point this to the well-excavated site of Tell Balata in the pass between Ebal and Garizim east-southeast of Nablus. The pilgrims followed Eusebius and locate the tomb of Joseph in Shechem (not in Neapolis) and about a mile from it they locate Sechar ( Itin. Bourd. and PPT I, 18).
The oak of Sikimon and the tomb of Joseph are located in the suburbs of Neapolis in K. 54:23 also. Not until much later does the Christian tradition identify Neapolis with Shechem. The terebinth of Sikimon (K. 164:11) is located near Neapolis.
In Genesis 33:18 Shalem is not identified with Shechem itself but is "a city of Shechem." Eusebius seems to make this identification. The present village of Salim has many Roman-Byzantine remains with some earlier artifacts as well. A late 4th century church has been discovered near the well of Jacob.
For the other Suchem see the confusion in K. 158:1 below.
In Interpretation of Hebrew Names "Sichem, of the shoulder or labor" (71).
808. Sennaar. Genesis 14:1; K. 150:8; L. 282:63.
Simple biblical notation (cf. K. 148:11).
809. Sodoma. Genesis 14:2; K. 150:10; L. 282:65.
The chief city of the Pentopolis with only biblical location.
In Interpretation of Hebrew Names "Sodoma, silent beast or blindness or their likeness" 71).
810. Sebōeim. Genesis 14:2; K. 150:12; L. 282:67.
Simple biblical notation.
In Interpretation of Hebrew Names "Seboim, of the roes or of damages or his place on the sea or place of the sea" (71).
811. Sōpheira. Genesis 10:30; K. 150:14; L. 282:69.
This entry is outside the proper limits of the Holy Land and out of order. Josephus Antiquities I, 6, 4 plus summary of the biblical information (I Kings 10:11 and cf. K. 160:20 below). This same quotation from Josephus appears in K. 82:2 and K. 176:14. Josephus' Antiquities VII, 6, 4 had, "These (ships) Solomon ordered to sail along with his own stewards to the land anciently called Sopheir but not the land of gold; it belongs to India."
In Interpretation of Hebrew Names "Sefar, story or book" (71).
812. Soora. Genesis 14:2; K. 150:19; L. 282:74.