Shammah:
(astonishment).
(1.) The son of Reuel the son of Esau (Genesis 36:13, 17; 1 Chronicles 1:37). (B.C. about 1700)
(2.) The third son of Jesse, and brother of David (1 Samuel 16:9; 17:13). Called also Shimea, Shimeah and Shimma.
(3.) One of the three greatest of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:11-17). (B.C. 1061)
(4.) The Harodite, one of David's mighties (2 Samuel 23:25). He is called "SHAMMOTH the Harorite" in 1 Chronicles 11:27 and "SHAMHUTH the Izrahite" ibid. SEE [SHAMHUTH]. (1 Chronicles 27:8).
(5.) In the list of David's mighty men in 2 Samuel 23:32, 33, we find "Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite;" while in the corresponding verse of 1 Chronicles 11:34, it is Jonathan.
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