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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Shimeah:

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

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

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Shimeah:

Shimeath, that hears, or obeys; perdition

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Shimeah:

shim'-e-a (shim'ah; Codex Vaticanus Semaa, Codex Alexandrinus Samea, Lucian, Samaa): A descendant of Jehiel, the "father" of Gibeon (1Ch 8:32); in 1Ch 9:38 he is called "Shimeam" (Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Lucian; Samaa Codex Alexandrinus Sama; see Jewish Quarterly Review, XI, 110-13, section symbol section symbol 10-12).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Shimeah:

(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.)

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