Shimei in the Bible

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

Exact Match

The sons of Gershon [are] Libni and Shimei according to 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 Benjaminite, who 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 came 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 to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king swore to him.

He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him.

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

Verse ConceptsGuardsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

And behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjaminite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, 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 dwell there, and go not forth thence to any place whatever.

Verse ConceptsBuilding Houses

And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath 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 of the servants of Shimei 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

And 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 to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned.

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

Verse ConceptsAssentingKings SummoningPeople Bound By Oaths

The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thy heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD will return thy wickedness upon thy 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 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,

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

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

Shimei’s sons: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran—three. Those were the heads of the families of Ladan.

Shimei’s sons: Jahath, Zizah, Jeush, and Beriah. Those were Shimei’s sons—four.

From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons:
Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six—under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsPraise, Manner And Methods Of

Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards.
Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars.

Verse ConceptsVineyardWineCellars

And of the sons of Heman; Jehuel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.

And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was in charge, and Shimei his brother was next.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodTithes And Offering

And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.

Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same 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

the son of Esli, the son of Nagge, The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Shimei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, The son of Johanan,

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