zimmah Summary and Overview

mischief. (1.) A Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:20). (2.) Another Gershonite Levite (1 Chr. 6:42). (3.) The father of Joah (2 Chr. 29:12).

(purpose). 1. A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. #1Ch 6:20| (B.C. after 1706.) 2. Another Gershonite, son of Shimei, #1Ch 6:42| possibly the same as the preceding. 3. Father of ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah. #2Ch 29:12| (B.C. before 726.) At a much earlier period we find the same collocation of names, Zimmah and Joah as father and son. #1Ch 6:20|

ZIM'MAH (mischief), a Gorsbonite Levite. 1 Chr 6:20, 1 Chr 6:42; 2 Chr 29:12.

1. A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath (1 Chronicles 6:20). 2. Another, son of Shimei (1 Chronicles 6:42; compare 1). 3. Father or ancestor of Joab (2 Chronicles 29:12); the same collocation of names is in 1 Chronicles 6:20-21. The same names are often repeated in one family.