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Son of Mishma in Simeon's line — had sixteen sons and six daughters
open_in_newA descendant of Simeon through the line of Mishma and Zaccur, Shimei is recorded in 1 Chronicles 4 as having sixteen sons and six daughters — a notably large family compared to his brothers.
The Man Who Wouldn't Stop Screaming
2 Samuel 16:5-8Shimei is a Benjaminite from Saul's clan who sees David's collapse as divine payback — he curses and pelts the king with stones mile after mile along the road.
The Man Who Came Running
2 Samuel 19:16-23Shimei is the man who had pelted David with rocks and curses during his flight from Jerusalem — now he arrives first among David's welcomers, desperately hoping the king's mercy will outweigh his right to vengeance.
The Giant Killers
2 Samuel 21:18-22Shimei is identified here as David's brother and the father of Jonathan who killed the Gath giant — placing the giant-slaying legacy within David's own extended family line.
Shimei is the outlier in Simeon's genealogy — sixteen sons and six daughters, far more than his brothers — yet even his large family didn't change the tribe's overall smaller population relative to Judah.
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