Shim'ea. (fame).

1. Son of David, by Beth-shean. 1 Chronicles 3:5. (B.C. 1045).

2. A Merarite Levite. 1 Chronicles 6:30.

3. A Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph, the minstrel. 1 Chronicles 6:39. (B.C. before 1200).

4. The brother of David, 1 Chronicles 20:7, elsewhere called Shamma, Shimma and Shimeah.