Nimshi

Mentioned 905–883 BC traditional (Jones)

Saved. Jehu was “the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi” (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Child: Jehoshaphat
Tagged in: 5 verses

Mentioned in the era of the Kingdom, 1050–587 BC.
Named in the same verses as Jehu, Jehoshaphat, Joram, Ahab, Ahaziah, Elisha, Hazael, and Shaphat.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Nimshi, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification. A dashed ring on the map marks a region, river, or mountain rather than a town.

possible location: Abel-meholah1
likely location: Ramoth-gilead1
location not graded: Syria1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 930–858 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 4 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

1 Kings1
2 Kings3
2 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Nimshi 5
KJV	Nimshi 5
ASV	Nimshi 5

Whole-word, case-sensitive count of the name string (regex \bName\b, so possessives like "Abraham's" count) across the whole Bible text of each translation; this counts the string, not the person, so other people who share the name are included and pronoun references are not. How Begat counts

Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Kings1 verse

19:16
You are also to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah to succeed you as prophet.

2 Kings3 verses

9:2
When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
9:14
Thus Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. (Now Joram and all Israel had been defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram,
9:20
Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the charioteer is driving like Jehu son of Nimshi—he is driving like a madman!”

2 Chronicles1 verse

22:7
Ahaziah’s downfall came from God when he went to visit Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.