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Shimei (father of Jair)

시므이 (야일의 아버지)

Named at Esther 2:5 in the line of Mordecai: “whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite”. The Korean Revised Version gives the line from Kish down and makes Mordecai the grandson of Shimei (시므이의 손자).

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EST 2:5–7, engwebp
⁵There 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,
⁶who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
⁷He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Kish and Shimei of Esther 2:5

1 Samuel 9:1–2 says, “Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. He had a son whose name was Saul”.
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- 1SA 9:1–2, engwebp
  ¹Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
  ²He had a son whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a more handsome person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
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2 Samuel 16:5 says, “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.”
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- 2SA 16:5–14, engwebp
  ⁵When 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.
  ⁶He 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.
  ⁷Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
  ⁸The LORD has returned on you all the blood of Saul’s house, in whose place you have reigned! The LORD 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!”
  ⁹Then 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.”
  ¹⁰The king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Because he curses, and because the LORD has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
  ¹¹David 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 the LORD has invited him.
  ¹²It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me, and that the LORD will repay me good for the cursing of me today.”
  ¹³So 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.
  ¹⁴The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary; and he refreshed himself there.
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Esther 2:5 says, “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”. The Korean Revised Version makes Mordecai the Benjamite (저는 베냐민 자손이니) and gives the line from Kish down (기스의 증손이요 시므이의 손자요 야일의 아들이라).
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- EST 2:5–7, engwebp
  ⁵There 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,
  ⁶who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
  ⁷He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
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1 Samuel 9:1–2 names Kish, a man of Benjamin, the son of Abiel and the father of Saul, and 2 Samuel 16:5 names Shimei, the son of Gera, a man of the family of Saul’s house. Esther 2:5 names Jair, Shimei and Kish in the line of Mordecai: WEB makes Shimei the son of Kish, and the Korean Revised Version makes Mordecai of the children of Benjamin, the great-grandson of Kish and the grandson of Shimei. The names are the same, and 1 Samuel 9:1 and Esther 2:5 both name Benjamin, but the text gives the line of Esther 2:5 no further than Kish, and does not say whether the Kish and Shimei of Esther 2:5 are Kish the father of Saul and Shimei the son of Gera. This collection records the Kish and Shimei of Esther 2:5 apart, and does not decide whether they are the same men.

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Kish (father of Shimei) — Father of — Shimei (father of Jair)

Evidence: Esther 2:5–7
Shimei (father of Jair) — Father of — Jair (father of Mordecai)

Evidence: Esther 2:5–7

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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,

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Current wording: Named at Esther 2:5 in the line of Mordecai: “whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite”. The Korean Revised Version gives the line from Kish down and makes Mordecai the grandson of Shimei (시므이의 손자).
Cited evidence: EST 2:5–7, engwebp
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