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Shimea; Shimeah

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Son of Jesse and brother of David (2 Sam. 13:3,32³But 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)
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. (2 Samuel 13:32); 2 Sam. 21:21²¹And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. (2 Samuel 21:21); 1 Chron. 20:7⁷But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. (1 Chronicles 20:7)). See SHAMMAH.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

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