King James Bible Dictionary

The hearing prayer.

1. One of David's sons by Bathsheba (1 Chronicles 3:5); called also Shammua (14:4).

2. A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chronicles 6:30).

3. Another Levite of the family of Gershon (1 Chronicles 6:39).

4. One of David's brothers (1 Samuel 16:9, marg.).

1. See Shammuah
Shammuah

2. See Shammah, 2

Shammah, 2
3. A Merarite Levite
1 Chronicles 6:30

4. Grandfather of Asaph
1 Chronicles 6:39

(fame).

1. Son of David by Beth-shean. (1 Chronicles 3:5) (B.C. 1045.)
2. A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:30) (15).
3. A Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph the minstrel. (1 Chronicles 6:39) (24). (B.C. before 1200.)
4. The brother of David, (1 Chronicles 20:7) elsewhere called Shamma, Shimma and Shimeah.

1. One of David's brothers (2 Samuel 13:3); same as Shimea (4).

2. A Benjamite, a descendant of Gibeon (1 Chronicles 8:32); called also Shimeam (9:38).

Shimeath, that hears, or obeys; perdition

1. A Benjamite:

Son of Mikloth
1 Chronicles 8:32

Called Shimeam
1 Chronicles 9:38

2. See Shammah, 2

Shammah, 2

1. Brother of David, and father of Jonathan and Jonadab, (2 Samuel 21:21) called also Shammah, Shimea, and Shimma. (B.C. about 1060.)
2. A descendant of Jehiel, the father or founder of Gibeon. (1 Chronicles 8:32) (B.C. perhaps 536.)

See Shimeah, 1

Shimeah, 1

(their fame), a descendant of Jehiel, the founder or prince of Gibeon. (1 Chronicles 9:38) Called SHIMEAH in (1 Chronicles 8:32)

Mother of an assassin of King Joash.
2 Kings 12:21; 2 Chronicles 24:26

(feminine of Shimeah), an Ammonitess, mother of Jozachar or Zabad, one of the murderers of King Joash. (2 Kings 12:21) (22); 2 Chronicles 24:26 (B.C. 809.)

A family of scribes.
1 Chronicles 2:55