8. One of tlic faithful adherents of Solomon at the time of Adonijah's usurpation (1 Kings i, 8). B.C. 1015. Probably he is the same as Shimei the son of Elah, .Solomon's commi.ssariat ofticer in Benjamin (iv, 18). Ewald. however, suggests (6V.sr//. iii, 2(l(i) that he may have been the same with Shimeah or .Shamniah, David's brother (1 Sam. xvi, 9; 2 Sam, xxi, 21 ), From the mention which is made of "the mighty men" in the same verse, one miglit be tempted to conclude that Shimei is tlie same with Shammah the Hararite (2 Sam. xxiii, 11).
9. The head of the tenth division of twelve musi- cians severally in the distribution by David (1 (,'hron. XXV, 17). B.C. 1013. It would seeib that he was one
SHIMEON
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SHINAR
of the sons of Jeduthun, for a name is necessary in ver. 3 to complete the number six there given, and all the other lists are full.
10. A Levite of the descendants of Heman who as- sisted in tlie purification of the Temple under Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxix, 14). B.C. 7-2G.
11. A Levite who, in connection with his brother Cononiah the Levite, had charge of the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things in the renewal under Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxxi, 12, 13). B.C. 720. He was probably the same as the preceding.
12. A son of Pedaiah and brother of Zerubbabel (q. v.), but whether by the same mother or not is doubt- ful (1 Chron. iii, 19). B.C. 53t).
13. A Benjamite, " son" of Kish and " father" of Jair in Mordecai's ancestry (Esth. ii, 5). B.C. ante 479.
14. A Levite who divorced his Gentile wife after the captivity (Ezra x, 23). B.C. 459.
15. An Israelite of "the sons of Hashum" who did the same (Ezra x, 33). B.C. 459.
16. An Israehte of " the sons of Bani" who did the same (Ezra x, 38). B.C. 459.
Shim'eon (Ezra x, 31). See Simeon.
Shim'hi (1 Chron. viii, 21). See Shimei 5.
Shi'mi (Exod. vi, 17). See Shimei 1.
Shim'ite (Heb. with the art. hash-Skimi', "'S'-nTl'n, a patronymic from Shimei; Sept. 6 Ytfitt; A. V. "the Shimeites"), a name (Numb, iii, 21; comp. Zech. xii, 13) of the descendants of Shimei 1, the son of Gershon.
Shim'ma (1 Chron. ii, 13). See Siiimeah 1.
Shi'nion (Heb. Shimon', 'ji'a'ilIJ, desert ; Sept. Sf- fiiov V. r. 2f jiuwi/ ), a person vaguely mentioned ( 1 Chron. iv, 20) among the descendants of Judah in Ca- naan, and the father of four sons. B.C. post 1018,
Shim'rath (Heb. Shimrath', 'n'^iZV, f/uard ; Sept. 2aj(((rp« j), the last named of the nine sons of Shimhi (i. e. Shimei), a Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chron. viii, 21). B.C. post 1618.
Shim'ri (Heb. Shimri', ''^ w'w, my watch, or vif/i- lani), the name of four Hebrews.
1. ( Sept. ^sf-tpi, V. r. 'S.aj.iap, "S-Uf^tapiaQ. ) Son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah, chief Simeonites (1 Chron. iv, 37). B.C. post 1(518.
2. (Sept. 2«jU£pt V. r. Snjuapi.) Father of Jediael (q. v.), one of David's body-guard (1 Chron. xi, 45). B.C. ante 1043.
3. (Sept. ^v\a(7(TnvTiQ, reading "^^"ab.) Son of Ho- sah, a Merarite Levite appointed by Uavid a doorkeep- er of the ark. Although not the tirst-born, his father made him chief among his brotiiers (1 Chron. xxvi, 10; A.V. "Simri"). B.C. 1043.
4. (Sept. 2o/i/3pt V. r. Zafijipi.) First named of the two sons of Elizaphan, and one of the Levites who as- sisted at the purification of the Temple under Hezekiah (2 Chron. xxix, 13). B.C. 72G.
Shim'rith (Heb. Shimrith', H'^ll^'J, fern, of Shim- ri, "vigilant;" Sept. 'S.a^iapi^ v. r. 'Eaj.tapii^ and 2o- fiaiwB), an Ammonitess, and mother of .Jehozabad, one of the assassins of king Joash (2 Cliron. xxiv, 20) ; else- where (2 Kings xii, 21) called Shomer (q. v.).
Shim'rom (1 Chron. vii, 1). See Shimron 1.
Shini'ron (Heb. Shimron', "i"i^d, jccr/c/j-height), the name of a man and also of a place. See also Shim-
RON-MERON.
1. (Sept. 'Eajxapafi v. r. 'SaiifSpav, etc.) Last named of the four sons of Issachar (Gen. xlvi, 13; 1 Chron. vii, 1, "Shimrom" in later editions), and head of the family of the Shimronites (Numb, xxvi, 24). B.C. 1874.
2. (Sept. 'Soj.iipwv V. r. Sf/upo'ij' and 'S.vj.uiov.') A town of Zebulon (.Josh, xix, 15, where it is named be- tween Nahallal and Idalah),one of those which joined the northern confederacy under Jabin against Joshua (Josh.
xi, 5), and apparcnth' the same elsewhere (xii, 20) more fully called Sliiniron-meron (q. v.). Eusebius and Je- rome in the Onomasticon confound it with Samaria. The old Jewish traveller Hap-Farchi fixes it at two hours east of Engannim (Jenin), south of the mountains of Gilboa, at a village called in his day Dar Meron ( Ash- er, Benjamin, ii, 434). This is in accordance with the tradition existing among the Jews of Safed that Shim- ron-meron is identical with the sacred village of JMeiron, where the tombs of the rabbins Hillel and Shammai are still preserved and honored (Wilson, La/irfs of the Bible, ii, 313). Schwarz, with greater probability (see Keland, Palcest. p. 1017; Gesenius, Thes. Ileh. p. 1445), proposes (^Palest, p. 172) to identify it with the Simonias of Jo- sephus {Life, § 24), now Simiiniyeh, a village a few miles west of Nazareth, which is mentioned in the Tal- mud (Jerus. Merjillah, c. 1) as the ancient Shimron.