- Shimei
Shimei is the name of a number of persons referenced in the
Hebrew Bible and Rabbinical literature.
*The second son ofGershon and grandson ofLevi (Ex. vi. 17; Numbers 3:18; I Chronicles 6:17). The family of the Shimeites, as a branch of the tribe of Levi, is mentioned in Numbers 3:18, 21; I Chronicles 23:7, 10, 11 ("Shimei" in verse 9 is evidently a scribal error); and in Zechariah 12:13.*A Benjamite of
Bahurim , son of Gera, "a man of the family of the house of Saul" (II Samuel 16:5-14, 19:16-23; I Kings 2:8-9, 36-46). He is mentioned as one ofDavid 's tormentors during his flight beforeAbsalom , and as imploring and winning David's forgiveness when the latter returned. David, however, in his dying charge to Solomon, bade him avenge the insult (I Kings 2:-9).
*A friend of David (I Kings 1:8)
*A brother of David, called also Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea (I Samuel 16:9, 17:13; II Samuel 13:3, 21:21; I Chronicles 2:13, 20:7)
*One of Solomon'sprefect s, over the district of Benjamin (I Kings 4:18)
*A grandson ofJeconiah and brother ofZerubbabel (I Chronicles 3:19)
*A grandson ofSimeon , who is described as the father sixteen sons and six daughters, and whose clan dwelt in southernPalestine (I Chronicles 4:26, 27)
*AReuben ite (I Chronicles 5:4)
*Levites (I Chronicles vi. 6:29, 42; 25:17; II Chronicles 29:14; 31:12, 13)
*A Benjamite chief (I Chronicles 8:21, R. V.; comp. ib. v. 13)
*"The Ramathite," one of David's officers (I Chronicles 27:27)
*A Levite and other Israelites whomEzra required to put away their foreign wives (Ezra 10:23, 33, 38)
*Grandfather ofMordecai (Esther 2:5).References
*JewishEncyclopedia
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