From Nave’s Topical Bible
Shammua
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.
- 4Passages listed
- 3Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. The representative of the tribe of Reuben among the twelve spies sent into CanaanNumbers 13:4
- 2. SHAMMUA
- See Shammuah
- 3. A Levite, father of AbdaNehemiah 11:17
- Called SHEMAIAH1 Chronicles 9:16
- 4. A priestNehemiah 12:18
The passages, in Bible order (4)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Numbers 13:4
and these were their names: From the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
Commentary on Numbers 13:42 voices
And these were their names, of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
This was designed for the best, but it proved to have this ill effect that the quality of the persons occasioned the evil report they brought up to be the more credited and the people to be the more influenced by it. Some think that they are all named for the sake of two good ones that were among them, Caleb and Joshua.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710Puritan
- 1 Chronicles 9:16
Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
Commentary on 1 Chronicles 9:161 voice
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah,.... Called Abda the son of Shammua, Neh 11:17. the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; who was Ethan, another of the singers in the time of David: and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites; the villages about Netophah, which was in the tribe of Judah, 1Ch 2:54, Neh 7:26 which may be understood either of Elkanah, the ancestor of Berechiah, whose dwelling was there; or of Berechiah, and must be rendered: who had dwelt there; for now he dwelt at Jerusalem.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Nehemiah 11:17
Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
Commentary on Nehemiah 11:172 voices
To begin - In the publick and solemn prayers and praises, which were constantly joined with the morning and evening sacrifice, at which the singers were present, and praised God with a psalm or hymn which, this man began.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed