Shimei in the Bible

Meaning: that hears or obeys; my reputation; my famepar

Exact Match

The sons of Gershon:
Libni and Shimei, by their clans.

And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.

The families of Libni and Shimei were descendants of Gershon. As families of the descendants of Gershon,

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodlyharassment

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

Perhaps the Lord will see my affliction and restore goodness to me instead of Shimei’s curses today.”

Verse ConceptsGod Seeing Their AfflictionGod Sending His SonGod Will Requite

And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UsedirtThrowing StonesWiping DustCursing The Ungodly

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

Verse ConceptsHasty Action

And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

Verse ConceptsBoatsProstrationBowing Before DavidFords

Just as the king was about to ford the Jordan River, Gera's son Shimei fell down in front of the king and addressed him, "May your majesty not hold me guilty. Don't remember how your servant did wrong the day your majesty the king left Jerusalem. May the king not let it burden his heart,

Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsNot Guilty

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?

Verse ConceptsThe Anointed OneThe Lord's AnointedCursing The Ungodly

Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men whom David had, were not with Adonijah.

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day that I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by Jehovah saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build thee a house in Jerusalem, and abide there, and go not forth thence anywhere.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Houses

And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.

Verse ConceptsAssenting

And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two servants of Shimei's ran away to Achish son of Maachah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei saying, Behold, thy servants are in Gath.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

Then Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath, to Achish, to seek his servants; and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Looking For People

And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had come again.

And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make thee swear by Jehovah, and protest to thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest forth, and walkest abroad anywhere, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst to me, The word that I have heard is good.

Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head;

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman IntellectGod Makes Evil ReboundGod Will Requite

The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom.

Verse ConceptsCommands, in OTKilling Named IndividualsThe Kingdom Of Solomon

And, the sons of Pedaiah, Zerubbabel, and Shimei, - and, the sons of Zerubbabel, Meshullam, and Hananiah, and, Shelomith, was their sister;

And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son;

and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

Verse ConceptsSix PeopleSixteen

The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

Shimei's descendants included Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief fathers of Laadan.

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Ziza, and Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei.

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPraise, Manner And Methods Of

And, over the vineyards, was Shimei, the Ramathite. And, over that which was in the vineyards, for the treasuries of wine, was Zabdi, the Shiphmite.

Verse ConceptsVineyardWineCellars

and of the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

They faithfully brought in the contributions and the tithes and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them and his brother Shimei was second.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodTithes And Offering

Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

Of Levites there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer.

of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei;

Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

the family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;

Verse ConceptsOther Wives

who was the son of Maath, who was the son of Mattathias, who was the son of Shimei, who was the son of Josech, who was the son of Joda,

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