- Sheshai
Sheshai was a clan of
Anakim living inHebron named for a son ofAnak in theHoly Bible (Numbers 13:22). The clans were driven out of the city byCaleb (Joshua 15:14) and theTribe of Judah (Judges 1:10).
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