Shammah
also Shimeah,ShimmaMale
One of the sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:9). He is also called Shimeah (2 Sam. 13:3) and Shimma (1 Chr. 2:13).
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Key verses
2 Samuel 13:3
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.
1 Samuel 17:13
The three eldest 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 Chronicles 2:13
and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Neither has Yahweh chosen this one.”
2 Samuel 13:32
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.