Lockyer's All the Men of the Bible – Shammua, Shammuah
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Shammua, Shammuah

Shammua, Shammuah [Shămmū'ă, Shăm mū'ah]—famous.

  1. A Reubenite, son of Zaccur, sent by Moses to spy out the land of Canaan (Num. 13:4).
  2. A son of David by Bath-sheba, born in Jerusalem (2 Sam. 5:14; 1 Chron. 14:4). He bore his uncle’s name (1 Chron. 2:13), and is also called Shimea (1 Chron. 3:5).
  3. A grandson of Juduthun and father of Abda or Obadiah, a Levite who led the Temple worship after the exile (Neh. 11:17). Called Shemaiah in 1 Chronicles 9:16.
  4. A priest in the family of Bilgah in the days of Nehemiah, and head of his father’s house (Neh. 12:18).
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