From Nave’s Topical Bible
Shammah
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 15Passages listed
- 4Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. Son of ReuelGenesis 36:13Genesis 36:171 Chronicles 1:37
- 2. David' s brother1 Samuel 16:91 Samuel 17:13
- Called SHIMEAH2 Samuel 13:32 Samuel 13:322 Samuel 21:21
- Called SHIMMA1 Chronicles 2:13
- Called SHIMEA1 Chronicles 20:7
- 3. One of David' s mighty men, son of Agee2 Samuel 23:112 Samuel 23:12
- 4. One of David' s mighty men2 Samuel 23:25
- Called SHAMMOTH1 Chronicles 11:27
- 5. A Hararite, one of David' s mighty men2 Samuel 23:33
The passages, in Bible order (15)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 15 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 36:13
These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Commentary on Genesis 36:131 voice
And these are the sons of Reuel,.... Another son of Esau's; this man had four sons, as follow: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah: of whom we know no more than their names, unless Maps or Massa, which Ptolemy (z) places in Idumea, should have its name from Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath, Esau's wife; her grandsons, as before. (z) Geograph. l. 5. c. 16.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Genesis 36:17
These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath.
Commentary on Genesis 36:171 voice
The head of each tribe was called by a term which in our version is rendered "duke"--not of the high rank and wealth of a British peer, but like the sheiks or emirs of the modern East, or the chieftains of highland clans. Fourteen are mentioned who flourished contemporaneously.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- 1 Samuel 16:9
Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
Commentary on 1 Samuel 16:92 voices
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by,.... His third son, 1Sa 17:13, sometimes called Shimma, and Shimeah, 1Ch 2:13. and he said, neither hath the Lord chosen this; which he knew in the same way as before.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Samuel said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him--Here Samuel, in consequence of taking his impressions from the external appearance, falls into the same error as formerly (1Sa 10:24).
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871Reformed
- 1 Samuel 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
- 2 Samuel 13:3
Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very shrewd man,
Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:32 voices
But Amnon had a friend,.... Though in the issue his friendship proved his ruin: whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; so that they were own cousins, the same with Shammah, 1Sa 16:9, and Jonadab was a very subtle man; a very penetrating man into the dispositions of men, and could judge by their countenances what they were, and the affections of their minds, and had a talent in forming schemes; he was wise to do evil and was wickedly cunning.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Shimeah - Called Shamma (marginal reference), was Jesse’s third son. Subtil - literally, wise. The word is generally used in a good sense, but here, and in Job 5:13, it means crafty.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 13:32
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:321 voice
It is well if Jonadab was not as guilty of Amnon's death as he was of his sin; such friends do those prove who are hearkened to as counsellors to do wickedly: he that would not be so kind as to prevent Amnon's sin would not be so kind as to prevent his ruin, when, it should seem, he might have done both.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- 2 Samuel 21:21
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:211 voice
And when he defied Israel,.... The armies of Israel, as Goliath had done some years ago, 1Sa 17:10, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him; this brother of David is called Shammah, 1Sa 16:9; and Shimma, 1Ch 2:13; this son of his is another man from Jonadab his son, who was famous for his subtlety as this was for his valour, 2Sa 13:3. The Jews say (d) this was Nathan the prophet, a son of Shammah. (d) Hieron. Trad. Heb. fol. 76. D.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:112 voices
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite,.... One who was of the mountainous country, as the Targum, the hill country of Judea, of Hebron, or the parts adjacent; this was the third of the first three; there was one of this name among the thirty, 2Sa 23:33, and the Philistines were gathered together into a troop; but so they were no doubt at first; R.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
A piece of ground full of lentiles - In 1Ch 11:13 it is a parcel of ground full of barley. There is probably a mistake of עדשים adashim, lentiles, for שעורים seorim, barley, or vice versa. Some think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, and that a marauding party of the Philistines came to destroy or carry them off, and these worthies defeated the whole, and saved the produce of the field. This is not unlikely.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
- 2 Samuel 23:12
But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:121 voice
Notice, the victory was the Lord’s doing, but Shammah had to take his stand and defend the crop. He had a part to play! For us, this will always be the case.
Dutch Sheets· Give Him 15 daily devotional, "Praying For Your 'Bean Patch'" (April 21, 2023), 2023
- 2 Samuel 23:25
Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:252 voices
Shammah the Harodite,.... Called Shammah the Harorite in 1Ch 11:27; by a change of the letters ר "R" and ד "D", which is frequent: Elika the Harodite; or who was of Harod, as the Targum; these both were from one place: mention is made of the well of Harod, Jdg 7:1.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
That David had more worthies than those here mentioned; and as some of these were slain in the former part of David's reign, as Asahel was; so others came up in their stead; and some were added to this number, as appears from 1 Chron. xi, 10-47, where they are named, but not numbered, as they were here; and where there is a greater number than is here expressed.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- 2 Samuel 23:33
Jonathan son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite,
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:331 voice
Shammah the Hararite,.... From the mountainous country, as the Targum; the Arabic and Syriac versions say, from the mount of Olives: Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite: from the high mountain, as the Targum; in 1Ch 11:35, he is called the son of Sacar.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Chronicles 1:37
The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 2:131 voice
Eliab - Called also Elihu, chap. xxvii, 18, unless that was another person, and the word brother be taken more largely for a kinsman, as it is frequently.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
- 1 Chronicles 20:7
and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 20:71 voice
None are more visibly marked for ruin that those who reproach God and his Israel. God will do great things rather than suffer the enemy to behave themselves proudly, Deut. xxxii. The victories of the Son of David, like those of David himself, are gradual.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan