Zimmah
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(purpose).
• 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)
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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).
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