How old was Shem when he died?
Shem lived 600 years, from 2446 BC to 1846 BC.
Shem died at 600. The chart places his birth at 2446 BC and his death at 1846 BC, on the Ussher chronology it follows. Son of Noah; father of the Semitic peoples. (Gen. 11:10-11)
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