his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon – the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel.