SHIMEA

(Shimʹe·a) [he (God) has heard].

1. A Merarite Levite.—1 Chron. 6:29, 30.

2. Ancestor of temple musician Asaph in the Levitical family of Gershon (Gershom).—1 Chron. 6:39, 43; Ex. 6:16.

3. The third son of Jesse, hence an older brother of David.—1 Chron. 2:13, 15; 20:7; see SHAMMAH No. 2.

4. A son borne by Bath-sheba to David. (1 Chron. 3:5) He is elsewhere called Shammua.—2 Sam. 5:14; 1 Chron. 14:4.