Shimei

Shimei was one of the sons of Jeduthun whom David and the captains of the army “set apart for the service” of song (1 Chronicles 25:1): “Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh with the harp” (1 Chronicles 25:3). When the singers “cast lots for their offices” (1 Chronicles 25:8), “the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve” (1 Chronicles 25:17), one of the twenty-four lots.

The WEB and BSB name Shimei in 1 Chronicles 25:3, as one Hebrew manuscript and the Greek translation do; the KJV and ASV follow the standard Hebrew text, which lists five names and gives the number six.