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Shimeah

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Shimeah. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.One of David’s brothers (2 Sam.
  2. 2.A Benjamite, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chr.

  1. Shimeah (1)

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    One of David’s brothers (2 Sam. 13:3); same as Shimea (4).

  2. Shimeah (2)

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    A Benjamite, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chr. 8:32); called also Shimeam (9:38).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

Brother of David, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab, (2 Samuel 21:21) called also Shammah, Shimea, and Shimma. (B.C. about 1060.) A descendant of Jehiel, the father or founder of Gibeon. (1 Chronicles 8:32) (B.C. perhaps 536.)

In the Bible

4

Verses where Shimeah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Chronicles 8:32

    and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

  • 2 Samuel 13:3

    Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,

  • 2 Samuel 13:32

    But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

  • 2 Samuel 21:21

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

Scripture on Shimeah

3

Entries that reference Shimeah

6

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Shimeah references

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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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