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Shammua
Heard. (1.) One of the spies sent out by Moses to search the land (Num 13:4). He represented the tribe of Reuben.
(2.) One of David’s sons (1 Chr 14:4; 1 Chr 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam 5:14).
(3.) A Levite under Nehemiah (Neh 11:17).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- Numbers 13:4 And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
- 2 Samuel 5:14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
- 1 Chronicles 14:4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
- Nehemiah 11:17 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
- Nehemiah 12:18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
