Atlas Biblica

    2 others in the registry answer to the name Shammai. Every Shammai in the Bible

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    Shammai

    שַׁמַּי

    Shammai, the son of Onam, was the father of Nadab and Abishur, who were descendants of Jerahmeel, the son of Hezron.

    verses
    2
    first named
    1 Chronicles 2:28
    last named
    1 Chronicles 2:32
    period
    Divided Monarchy
    tribe
    Judah

    Description

    Who was Shammai?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Shammai, mentioned in 1Ch.2.28,32, was a descendant of Judah through the line of Hezron. He was the son of Onam and the grandson of Jerahmeel. Shammai had two sons, Nadab and Abishur, who are listed in the genealogical record of Judah. The text does not provide any specific details about Shammai's life or his role within the family. However, his inclusion in the genealogy highlights the importance of documenting and preserving family lineages, especially within the tribe of Judah, from which the Messiah would come. The mention of Shammai and his sons serves to trace the descendants of Judah and show the continuation of the family line through multiple generations.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Shammai4 of 4 entities the graph connects to Shammai, in one group: kinship 4. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.AbishurFather of · 2 versesJadaSibling of · 2 versesNadabFather of · 2 versesOnamChild of · 2 versesShammai

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    Where this happens

    A person is placed by the events they take part in, and an event has to clear three things to place them: it must say where it happened, that place must be one the gazetteer can put a coordinate on, and the verse must report it rather than foretell, command or ask it. Nothing anchored here clears all three. Where the text names a setting no gazetteer surveys — a vineyard, a palace, a plot of ground — it is left off rather than guessed at; where a place is named only in a prophecy, the map does not draw what was said to be coming as though it had happened; and a place reached only through a relation is not inherited, because standing beside somebody is not being somewhere.

    No verse Atlas has read as a report puts this person anywhere.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 1 book. The name is written 3 times in them.

    1. 1 Chronicles2 verses

      2:282:32

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    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via AbishurAbihailWife of Abishur; mother of Ahban and Molidvia AbishurAhbanSon of Abishur, from the tribe of Judahvia NadabAppaimSon of Nadab, descendant of Judahvia AbishurMolidSon of Abisur, of the tribe of Judah.via NadabSeledSon of Nadab, died without childrenvia JadaJetherA son of Jada from the tribe of Judah.via JadaJonathanSon of Jada, descendant of Judahvia OnamAhijahSon of Jerahmeel, from the tribe of Judahvia OnamAtarahWife of Jerahmeel; mother of Onam

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