Shimea
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(fame).
• 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.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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.).
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