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Shammai
(desolate).
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The son of Onam. (1 Chronicles 2:28,32) Son of Rekem. (1 Chronicles 2:44,45) One of the descendants of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:17)
In the Bible
5
Verses where Shammai is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 2:28
The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
- 1 Chronicles 2:32
The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:44
Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
- 1 Chronicles 2:45
The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Scripture on Shammai
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Shammai references
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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