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Shammua

Shammua or Shammuah (both: shăm'yOOu) [key], in the Bible. 1. Son of David and Bath-sheba. 2. Reubenite spy. Num. 13.4. 3. Father of Abda 2. An alternate form is Shemaiah.

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