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Shimeah (1Sa 16:9)

Shimeah (1Sa 16:9)

He was the father of Jonadab, in the united monarchy of Israel. Named in scripture at 1 Samuel 16:9.

Lived: United Monarchy

Where in scripture

1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Chronicles

Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”

1 Samuel 16:9

The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

1 Samuel 17:13

But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.

2 Samuel 13:3

Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered, “Don’t let my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead; for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 13:32

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.

2 Samuel 21:21

and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

1 Chronicles 2:13

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother killed him.

1 Chronicles 20:7

Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation.

1 Samuel 16:91 Samuel 17:132 Samuel 13:32 Samuel 13:322 Samuel 21:211 Chronicles 2:131 Chronicles 20:7

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