Easton's Bible Dictionary Rumour, a Benjamite whose sons "came to David to Ziklag" (1 Chronicles 12:3). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SHEMAAH she-ma'-a, shem'-a-a (ha-shema`-ah; Codex Vaticanus Ama, Codex Alexandrinus Samaa, Lucian, Asma): A Benjamite, who was the father, according to the Massoretic Text, of Ahiezer and Joash; but according to the Septuagint huios = (ben) instead of (bene) of Joash alone (1 Chronicles 12:3). The original text may have read ben yeho-shama` (compare hoshama`, of 1 Chronicles 3:18); then a dittography of the following (h) caused the error (Curtis, ICC).

Multi-Version Concordance Shemaah (1 Occurrence) 1 Chronicles 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS NIV)