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Shammua

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Shammua or Shammuah (both: shăm`yə), in the Bible.

1 Son of David and Bath-sheba.

2 Reubenite spy. Num. 13.4.

3 Father of Abda Abda , in the Bible.

1 Father of Solomon's officer Adoniram.

2 Levite.
..... Click the link for more information.  (2.) An alternate form is Shemaiah.
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