SHIMRI

(Shimʹri) [(Jehovah) has watched, guarded]

1. Simeonite ancestor of one of the chieftains who expanded the tribe’s territory in the days of Hezekiah.—1 Chron. 4:24, 37-41.

2. Father of David’s mighty man Jediael and probably also of “Joha his brother the Tizite.”—1 Chron. 11:26, 45.

3. A Merarite son of Hosah included among the Levitical gatekeepers selected by lot to the assignment W of the sanctuary. Though Shimri was not Hosah’s firstborn, his father appointed him head of the paternal house.—1 Chron. 26:10, 12, 13, 16.

4. One of the Levites who helped dispose of the unclean objects that Hezekiah had cleared out of the temple; descendant of Elizaphan.—2 Chron. 29:12-16.