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Shimea
The hearing prayer. (1.) One of David’s sons by Bathsheba (1 Chr 3:5); called also Shammua (1 Chr 14:4).
(2.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr 6:30).
(3.) Another Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chr 6:39).
(4.) One of David’s brothers (1 Sam 16:9, marg.).
Named in the Bible
5 verses
- 2 Samuel 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
- 1 Chronicles 3:5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
- 1 Chronicles 6:30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
