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Shammah in the Bible.

One of the sons of Jesse. The King James Version names Shammah in 5 verses, from 1 Samuel 16:9 to 1 Chronicles 2:13. The King James Version also gives the name Shammah to 3 other people, listed on this page.

Shammah’s family.

Father
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Shammah
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His family as Theographic Bible Metadata lists it; each name opens its own page.

Who Shammah was.

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 5 verses that name this Shammah.

1 Samuel 2

  • 1 Samuel 16:9Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
  • 1 Samuel 17:13And 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 first born, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

2 Samuel 2

  • 2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
  • 2 Samuel 13:32And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

1 Chronicles 1

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

Other people called Shammah.

Shammah, One of the “dukes” of Edom.

Named in 3 verses.

  • Genesis 36:13And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau’s wife.
  • Genesis 36:17And 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 1:37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

Shammah, One of David’s mighties.

Named in 2 verses.

Shammah, One of David’s three mighty men.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 2 Samuel 23:11And 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.

Questions about Shammah.

Who was Shammah in the Bible?

One of the sons of Jesse. The King James Version names Shammah in 5 verses, from 1 Samuel 16:9 to 1 Chronicles 2:13.

Who was Shammah’s father?

Jesse.

Who was Shammah’s child?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Jonadab.

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