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Shammah

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: S By: George A. Morrish

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1. Son of Reuel, a son of Esau (Gen. 36:13,17¹³And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:13)
¹⁷And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. (Genesis 36:17); 1 Chron. 1:37³⁷The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (1 Chronicles 1:37)).

2. Son of Jesse and brother of David (1 Sam. 16:9⁹Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (1 Samuel 16:9); 1 Sam. 17:13¹³And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. (1 Samuel 17:13)). Called SHIMEAH in 2 Samuel 13:3³But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtile man. (2 Samuel 13:3); and SHIMMA in 1 Chronicles 2:13¹³And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, (1 Chronicles 2:13).

3. Son of Agee a Hararite and one of David’s mighty men (2 Sam. 23:11¹¹And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. (2 Samuel 23:11)).

4-5. Two of David’s mighty men, one a Harodite and the other a Hararite (2 Sam. 23:25, 33²⁵Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, (2 Samuel 23:25)
³³Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, (2 Samuel 23:33)).

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