Topic
Shimeah
4 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 8:32Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A Benjamite, son of Mikloth
And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
- 1 Chronicles 9:38ISBE · Nave 1. A Benjamite, son of Mikloth — Called SHIMEAM
And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
- 2 Samuel 13:3Easton
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
- 2 Samuel 21:21Smith
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
(1.) One of David’s brothers (2 Sam. 13:3); same as Shimea (4).
(2.) A Benjamite, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chr. 8:32); called also Shimeam (9:38).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 2 references
- Brother of David, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab, (2 Samuel 21:21) called also Shammah, Shimea, and Shimma. (B.C. about 1060.)
- A descendant of Jehiel, the father or founder of Gibeon. (1 Chronicles 8:32) (B.C. perhaps 536.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
shim'-e-a (shim'ah; Codex Vaticanus Semaa, Codex Alexandrinus Samea, Lucian, Samaa): A descendant of Jehiel, the "father" of Gibeon (1Ch 8:32); in 1Ch 9:38 he is called "Shimeam" (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Lucian; Samaa Codex Alexandrinus Sama; see Jewish Quarterly Review, XI, 110-13, section symbol section symbol 10-12).
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.