Shimea

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

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• 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.

Related Words

  • Shimea

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

    Easton's Bible Dictionary