Person Old Testament
Shimeah
Also known as Shimeam
Shimeah (or Shimeam) was a Benjamite, son of Mikloth and nephew of Ner. Mentioned in 2 verses across 1 book, first at 1 Chronicles 8:32.
Why it matters. Son of Mikloth and nephew of Ner in Benjamin's genealogy.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Shimeah
Shimeah, also known as Shimeam, was a descendant of Benjamin mentioned in the genealogies found in 1Ch.8.32 and 1Ch.9.38. He was the son of Mikloth and the nephew of Ner, who was the father of Kish and grandfather of King Saul. The genealogies in these passages trace the ancestry and descendants of Saul, indicating that Shimeah was part of the royal family of Israel from the tribe of Benjamin.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Mikloth
Appears in Scripture
Named in 2 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.