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Shimri
Watchman. (1.) A Simeonite (1 Chr 4:37).
(2.) The father of one of the “valiant men” of David’s armies (1 Chr 11:45).
(3.) Assisted at the purification of the temple in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr 29:13).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
- 1 Chronicles 11:45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
- 2 Chronicles 29:13 And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
