시므이(Shimei) 는 구약성경에 나오는 이름인데, 동명이인이 매우 많다. 가장 유명한 인물은
Absalom 의 반역사건에 등장하는 인물이다.
다윗 왕을 저주한 시므이
Tribe of Benjamin 사람으로
게라 의 아들이다.
Absalom 이 반란을 일으키자 급하게 피신을 하던
David 에게 돌을 던지며 저주한 사람이다.
사울 왕 과 같은 지파 소속이기에 평소에도 다윗에 대한 감정이 좋지 않았을 것으로 추측된다. 그의 저주에
Abishai 가 죽이기를 청했으나 다윗은 그 역시 하나님의 섭리라고 말하며 용서하였다.
5 When king David came to Bahurim , behold, a man of the family of Saul’s house came out, whose name was Shimei , the son of Gera. He came out and cursed as he came.
6 He cast stones at David , and at all the servants of king David, and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.
7 Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
8 Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son! Behold, you are caught by your own mischief, because you are a man of blood!”
9 Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.”
10 The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah ? Because he curses, and because Yahweh has said to him, ‘Curse David ;’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”
11 David said to Abishai , and to all his servants, “Behold, my son, who came out of my bowels, seeks my life. How much more this Benjamite, now? Leave him alone, and let him curse; for Yahweh has invited him.
12 It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
13 So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite him, and cursed as he went, threw stones at him, and threw dust.
이후, 다윗이 압살롬의 반란을 진압하고 돌아올 때에 앞에 나와 용서를 구했을 때, 아비새 장군이 다시 한번 죽이기를 청하였으나 하나님께 맹세하면서까지 죽이지 않도록 하였다.
18 A ferry boat went to bring over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he had come over the Jordan .
19 He said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem , that the king should take it to his heart.
20 For your servant knows that I have sinned. Therefore behold, I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.”
21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Yahweh’s anointed?”
22 David said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah , that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel ? For don’t I know that I am king over Israel today?”
23 The king said to Shimei , “You will not die.” The king swore to him.
그러나, 다윗은 죽음을 앞두고
Solomon 에게 적당한 때에 지혜롭게 죽일 것을 유언으로 남긴다.
8 “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim , who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim ; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan , and I swore to him by Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
9 Now therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”
이후 솔로몬은 시므이로 하여금 예루살렘을 떠나지 못하도록 명령하였다. 그리고 시므이는 이 명령에 따랐으나 3년 뒤 자신의 종 두명이 도망가자 그들을 잡으러 도시를 떠났고, 솔로몬은 자신의 명령을 어긴 죄를 물어 결국 처형하고 만다.
35 The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his place over the army; and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar .
36 The king sent and called for Shimei , and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem , and live there, and don’t go anywhere else.
37 For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron , know for certain that you will surely die. Your blood will be on your own head.”
38 Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good. As my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
39 At the end of three years, two of Shimei ’s slaves ran away to Achish , son of Maacah, king of Gath . They told Shimei, saying, “Behold, your slaves are in Gath.”
40 Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish , to seek his slaves; and Shimei went, and brought his slaves from Gath.
41 42 The king sent and called for Shimei , and said to him, “Didn’t I adjure you by Yahweh, and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain, that on the day you go out, and walk anywhere else, you shall surely die?’ You said to me, ‘The saying that I have heard is good.’
43 Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh, and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”
44 The king said moreover to Shimei , “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
45 But king Solomon will be blessed, and David ’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever.”
46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon .
아도니야의 반란에 가담하지 않고 끝까지 다윗을 섬긴 신하 시므이
다윗왕의 말년에 아들
아도니야 가 반란을 일으켰는데, 그때 반란에 가담하지 않았던 사람 중 하나이다.
7 He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah , and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.
8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei , Rei , and the mighty men who belonged to David , were not with Adonijah.
그 외의 시므이
Gershon 의 아들 시므이
17 18 These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei .
총독
Zerubbabel 의 형제 시므이
The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;
삭굴 의 아들 시므이
The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
곡 의 아들 시므이
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
립니 의 아들 시므이
The sons of Merari : Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
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.
the tenth to Shimei , his sons and his brothers, twelve;
and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite;
and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei ; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.
They brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.
Of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei , and Kelaiah (also called Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.
There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa , whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei , the son of Kish, a Benjamite,