Topic
Shimea
7 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Chronicles 6:30Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 3. A Merarite Levite
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
- 1 Chronicles 6:39Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 4. Grandfather of Asaph
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
- 1 Chronicles 3:5Easton · Smith · ISBE
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
- 1 Samuel 16:9Easton
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
- 2 Samuel 5:14ISBE
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
- 1 Chronicles 14:4ISBE
Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
- 1 Chronicles 20:7Smith
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references
The hearing prayer. (1.) One of David’s sons by Bathsheba (1 Chr. 3:5); called also Shammua (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.).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- Son of David by Beth-shean. (1 Chronicles 3:5) (B.C. 1045.)
- A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:30) (15).
- A Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph the minstrel. (1 Chronicles 6:39) (24). (B.C. before 1200.)
- The brother of David, (1 Chronicles 20:7) elsewhere called Shamma, Shimma and Shimeah.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
shim'-e-a (shim`a'):
See SHAMMUA and SHAMMAH.
(1) Brother of David.
See SHAMMAH.
(2) Son of David (1Ch 3:5, Codex Vaticanus Saman; but in 2Sa 5:14; 1Ch 14:4, "Shammua").
(3) A Merarite Levite (1Ch 6:30, Codex Vaticanus Somea; Codex Alexandrinus Sama, Lucian, Samaa).
(4) A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 6:39 (24), Semaa).
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); 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.