ID: 901000782 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000782	Record Type: Character/Person

	Shimei (Old Testament character, enemy of David)

Note: Old Testament character of the house of Saul (2 Samuel 16:5-14, 19:16-23; 1 Kings 2:8-9, 36-46). Noted as one of David's tormentors during his flight before Absalom; on his deathbed, David asked Solomon ot avenge him (1 Kings 2:9). The name of several characters in the Old Testament.

Names:

	Shimei (Old Testament character, enemy of David) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Shimei (Old Testament character, enemy of David) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Shimei (Old Testament character, enemy of David)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71I24 Solomon and Shimei

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 71I24 Solomon and Shimei
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-) "Church fathers," accessed 2 July 2017