Bible Dictionary
Seneh
Seneh was the southern cliff in the gorge near Michmash. Jonathan climbed this rocky height with his armor-bearer during his attack on the Philistines.
Definition
Seneh was the southern of two great cliffs forming the gorge or passage of Michmash. Its name means “acacia” or “thorn,” perhaps referring to thorn bushes growing on the rock.
Biblical Usage
Jonathan climbed Seneh with his armor-bearer during the attack on the Philistines. The opposite cliff was called Bozez.
Historical Background
The gorge is associated with Wady es-Suweinit, north of Jerusalem. Seneh stood on the southern or right side of the wady, while Bozez stood opposite.
Scripture References
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Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The acacia; rock-thorn, the southern cliff in the Wady es-Suweinit, a valley south of Michmash, which Jonathan climbed with his armour-bearer (1 Sam. 14:4, 5). The rock opposite, on the other side of the wady, was called Bozez.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(thorn), the name of one of the two isolated rocks which stood in the “passage of Michmash,” (1 Samuel 14:4) 6 1/2 Miles north of Jerusalem.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>se'-ne (ceneh; Senna): This was the name attaching to the southern of the two great cliffs between which ran the gorge of Michmash (1Sa 14:4). The name means "acacia," and may have been given to it from the thorn bushes growing upon it. Josephus (BJ, V, ii, 1) mentions the "plain of thorns" near Gabathsaul. We may hear an echo of the old name in that of Wady Suweinit, "valley of the little thorn tree," the name by which the gorge is known today. The cliff must have stood on the right side of the wady; see BOZEZ. Conder gives an excellent description of the place in Tent Work in Palestine, II, 112-14.</p><p>W. Ewing</p>