Bible Person
Meaning: loss; desolation; astonishment · Male · 2 cross references
Shammah is one of David's mighty men, also remembered under variant name forms in parallel lists. He belongs to the elite circle of warriors whose courage helped secure David's reign. First appears in 2 Sam 23:25.1
AI summary: Shammah matters because his cross references place him among the named champions in David's military retinue, where remembered valor is preserved alongside local identity and family association. The variation in naming across lists reflects the layered transmission of these traditions without reducing his significance. Taken together, the material presents Shammah as one of the honored fighters in David's warrior memory.1
Central Figure
Shammah
Meaning: loss; desolation; astonishment
One of David’s mighties (2 Sam.
One of David’s mighties (2 Sam. 23:25); called also Shammoth (1 Chr. 11:27) and Shamhuth (27:8). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.