Person

Shimei

Gender:: Male
Verse mentions:: 2

One of David’s mighty men who refused to acknowledge Adonijah as David’s successor (1 Kings 1:8). He is probably the same person who is called elsewhere (4:18) “the son of Elah.”

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Elah

Appears in 2

Reference	Verse
1 Kings 1:8	But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 4:18	Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:

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