Nave’s Topical Bible
Shimei
25 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- Also called SHIMI
- Son of Gershon
Exodus 6:17; Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 23:7,10
- Son of Gershon
- A Benjamite
- Curses David; David's magnanimity toward
2 Samuel 16:5-13; 2 Samuel 19:16; 2 Samuel 23; 1 Kings 2:36-46
- Curses David; David's magnanimity toward
- An officer of David
- One of Solomon's commissary officers
- Grandson of Jeconiah
- Son of Zacchur
- A Reubenite
- Son of Gog
- A Merarite
- Son of Libni
- A Gershonite
- Son of Jahath
- 10. Father of a family in the tribe of Benjamin, (in the A. V., called SHIMHI)
- 11. A Levite
- 12. A leader of singers during the time of David
- 13. David's overseer of vineyards
- 14. A son of Heman
- 15. A Levite
- Treasurer of tithes and offerings during the time of Hezekiah
- 16. A Levite who put away (divorced) his Gentile wife
- 17. The name of two Israelites who put away (divorced) Gentile Wives
- 18. A Benjamite
- Grandfather of Mordecai
- 19. The ancestor of a family
Possibly identical with number one
Bible verses about “Shimei”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Exodus 6:17The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.
- Numbers 3:18And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 6:17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:7Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
- 1 Chronicles 23:10And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
- 2 Samuel 16:5And 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.
- 2 Samuel 16:6And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
- 2 Samuel 16:7And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
- 2 Samuel 16:8The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man.
- 2 Samuel 16:9Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head.
- 2 Samuel 16:10And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
- 2 Samuel 16:11And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.
- 2 Samuel 16:12It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing this day.
- 2 Samuel 16:13And 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.
- 2 Samuel 19:16And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.
- 1 Kings 2:36And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
- 1 Kings 2:37For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.
- 1 Kings 2:38And Shimei said unto 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.
- 1 Kings 2:39And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath.
- 1 Kings 2:40And 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.
- 1 Kings 2:41And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
- 1 Kings 2:42And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good.
- 1 Kings 2:43Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?
- 1 Kings 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head;
- 1 Kings 2:45And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord for ever.
- 1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 1:8But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
- 1 Kings 4:18Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
- 1 Chronicles 3:19And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
- 1 Chronicles 4:26And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.
- 1 Chronicles 4:27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 5:4The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
- 1 Chronicles 8:21And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
- 1 Chronicles 23:9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
- 1 Chronicles 25:17The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
- 1 Chronicles 27:27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
- 2 Chronicles 29:14And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
- 2 Chronicles 31:12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.