Topic
Shammua
7 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 13:4Easton · Smith · Nave 1. The representative of the tribe of Reuben among the twelve spies sent into Canaan
And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
- Nehemiah 11:17Easton · Smith · Nave 3. A Levite, father of Abda
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.
- 1 Chronicles 14:4Easton · Smith
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
- Nehemiah 12:18Smith · Nave 4. A priest
Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan;
- 2 Samuel 5:14Easton
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
- 1 Chronicles 3:5Easton
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
- 1 Chronicles 9:16Nave 3. A Levite, father of Abda — Called SHEMAIAH
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
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; 3:5, “Shimea;” 2 Sam. 5:14).
(3.) A Levite under Nehemiah (11:17).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- Reubenite spy, son of Zaccur. (Numbers 13:4) (B.C. 1490.)
- Son of David, by his wife Bathsheba. (1 Chronicles 14:4) (B.C. 1045.)
- A Levite, the father of Abda. (Nehemiah 11:17) The same as SHEMAIAH, 6.
- The representative of the priestly family of Bilgah or Bilgai, in the days of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:18) (B.C. about 500.)
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.