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Shimea

Levite, ancestor of Asaph

A Gershomite Levite in the ancestral line leading to Asaph the temple musician, recorded in 1 Chronicles 6.

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Who or what is this?

Shimea appears in the Levitical genealogy of 1 Chronicles 6:39 as an ancestor of musician, within the Gershomite line. The genealogy runs from Gershom son of Levi down through , Shimea, and several others to Asaph, whom appointed to lead the music in the tabernacle. Shimea's role is purely genealogical; no deeds or narrative episodes are attached to him in the text.

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