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And Jesse had Shamma [Jesse's third son, also called Shimea, see 1 Chron. 2:13] come forward. And he said, "The Lord (Yahweh) has not chosen this one either."
And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul into battle, and the names of the three sons who had gone out to battle were: Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second, and Shammah, the third. [1 Chron. 2:13]
But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, a son of David's brother Shimeah. [David's son Amnon and Jonadab were cousins. Shimeah means "fame"; in 1 Sam. 16:9 he is called Shammah.] And Jonadab was a very cunning man.
But Jonadab, a son of David's brother Shimeah [verse 3], answered and said, "Let not my lord believe that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon is the only one who is dead, for Absalom has determined this and has been determined from the day he raped his sister Tamar.
