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Shammah

5 verses · 9 family members

Also known as: Shimma, Shimeah, Shimei

Verses Mentioning Shammah

  1. Yishai presented Shammah; again Sh'mu'el said, "ADONAI hasn't chosen this one either."

  2. Yishai's three oldest sons had followed Sha'ul to battle; the names of his three sons who went to battle were Eli'av the firstborn, next to him Avinadav, and the third Shammah.

  3. But Amnon had a friend named Yonadav the son of Shim'ah David's brother; and Yonadav was a very shrewd fellow.

  4. But then Yonadav, the son of Shim'ah, David's brother, spoke up; he said, "My lord shouldn't think they have killed all the young men, the king's sons. Only Amnon is dead; for Avshalom has meant to do this ever since the day he raped his sister Tamar.

  5. and Yishai fathered Eli'av his firstborn, Avinadav second, Shim'a third,