Zimmah (Hastings' Dictionary)
The name of a family of Ger- shouite Levites, 1 Ch 6-" i'' (B and Luc. 'Aefifid, A Zo^/i<i) V.'"!*') (B Zafiim/i, A Zafifid, Luc. Ze/i/zd), 2 Ch 29'^ (BA Zi/iffiie, Luc. Zf^Mi).
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Zimmah
Zimmah zim'-a (zimmah, perhaps "device," "plan"): A Gershonite Levite (1Ch 6:20 (Hebrew, verse 5); also in 6:42 (Hebrew verse 27); 2Ch 29:12). See Curtis, Chronicles, 130, 134 ff. ⇒See a list of verses on ZIMMAH in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
Smith's Bible Dictionary on Zimmah
(purpose). A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath. (1 Chronicles 6:20) (B.C. after 1706.) Another Gershonite, son of Shimei, (1 Chronicles 6:42) possibly the same as the preceding. Father of ancestor of Joab, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 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. (1 Chronicles 6:20)
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Zimmah
1. A Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath (1Ch 6:20). 2. Another, son of Shimei (1Ch 6:42; compare 1). 3. Father or ancestor of Joab (2Ch 29:12); the same collocation of names is in 1Ch 6:20-21. The same names are often repeated in one family.
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia