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1. ; ; .
2. Jesse's third son, SHIMEA, SHIMEAH, SHIMMA (; ); present at David's anointing and at the battle with Goliath (). (See SHIMMA.)
3. One of David's three mighties; son of Agee the Hararite. Single handed he withstood the Philistines in a field of lentils ("barley" according to -14; , where also by a copyist's error Shammah is omitted and the deed attributed to Eleazar), when the rest fled before them and Jehovah by him wrought a great victory (-12). . (See SHAMHUTH.)
5. -33, instead of "Jonathan Shammah," should read "Jonathan son of Shage," or combining both as Kennicott suggests, "Jonathan son of Shamha" ().