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• Shammah (son of Jesse)

  Shammah was the third son of Jesse of Bethlehem and an older brother of David. He appears as one of the sons whom God did not choose when Samuel anointed David.

• Jehovah-shammah

  Jehovah-shammah is a Hebrew name meaning "the LORD is there," given to the restored city in Ezekiel 48:35.

• Jonathan (Son of Shimeah)

  Jonathan was the son of Shimeah (Shammah), David's older brother, and thus David's nephew. He is recorded as having killed a giant with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot during a battle against the Philistines at Gath.

• Shimea (son of Jesse)

  Shimea was the third son of Jesse and an older brother of David. In 1 Samuel he appears as Shammah, and Scripture mentions him mainly when introducing his sons Jonadab and Jonathan.

• Ezekiel's Temple Vision

  An event recorded in Ezekiel 40–48. Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, saw in a vision a restored temple and land. The vision is best known for its account of a river that flows out from the temple and brings life to a dead sea.

• Ezekiel 48

  Ezekiel 48 is the final chapter of the Book of Ezekiel. It divides the restored land among the twelve tribes of Israel in long east-west strips, places the sanctuary and the city in their midst, and closes with the promise that the city will be named "Jehovah-shammah" ("The LORD is there").

• Jonadab (son of Shimeah)

  Jonadab was the son of Shimeah, David's brother. In 2 Samuel 13 he advised his cousin Amnon on a scheme to lure Tamar to him. Later, when Absalom killed Amnon, Jonadab explained to David what had actually happened.

• Nahath

  Nahath was a son of Reuel, the son of Esau, and is recorded in Genesis 36 as one of the chiefs of Edom.

• Zerah (Son of Reuel)

  Zerah, a grandson of Esau and son of Reuel, was an Edomite chief listed in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1.

• Shammai

  Shammai was a Jewish teacher of the law active from the late first century BC to the early first century AD. Together with his contemporary Hillel, he is regarded as a leading representative of Pharisaic legal interpretation, and he founded the "School of Shammai," known for its strict interpretation of the law.

• Shammai (son of Onam)

  Shammai was a member of the Jerahmeelite clan of the tribe of Judah, the son of Onam and the father of Nadab and Abishur. His name appears only in the genealogy of 1 Chronicles 2.

• Abishur

  Abishur is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Shammai, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and the husband of Abihail.

• Matthew 19:9

  A saying of Jesus that whoever puts away his wife, except for fornication, and marries another commits adultery. Denominations differ in their positions on divorce and remarriage depending on how they understand this so-called "exception clause."

• Ahban

  Ahban is a figure in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah in 1 Chronicles 2. He was the son of Abishur, a descendant of Jerahmeel, and Abishur's wife Abihail, and the brother of Molid.