Topic
Zimmah
3 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 6:20Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 1. A son of Jahath
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
- 2 Chronicles 29:12Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave 2. Two Gershonites
¶ Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the…
- 1 Chronicles 6:42Easton · Smith · Nave 2. Two Gershonites
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
Mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:20).
(2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:42).
(3.) The father of Joah (2 Chr. 29:12).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 4 references
- A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.)
- Another Gershonite, son of Shimei, (1 Chronicles 6:42) possibly the same as the preceding.
- Father of ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12) (B.C. before 726.) At a much earlier period we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah as father and son. (1 Chronicles 6:20)
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.