KJV King James Version
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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1 Kings 4:18
Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;
WEB World English Bible
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
ASV American Standard Version
Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Shimei Ben-Elah is in Benjamin.
Surrounding context — 1 Kings 4
15 Ahimaaz [was] in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
16 Baanah the son of Hushai [was] in Asher and in Aloth:
17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
18 Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
19 Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land.
20 Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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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.Zechariah 12:13The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;Joshua 18:20-28And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This [was] the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
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