Zimmah

2 verses

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 6:42

The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 29:12

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:20).

(2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:42).

(3.) The father of Joah (2 Chr. 29:12).

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(purpose).

(1.) A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.)

(2.) Another Gershonite, son of Shimei, (1 Chronicles 6:42) possibly the same as the preceding.

(3.) Father of ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 29:12) (B.C. before 726.) At a much earlier period we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah as father and son. (1 Chronicles 6:20)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.