Person in the Bible

Nimshi

Mentions

Chapters

Books

Grandfather of King Jehu of Israel, remembered as the ancestor through whom Jehu received his royal anointing. Though Nimshi himself is not described in action, his name frames the divine commission of Elisha to anoint a king who would execute God's judgment on the house of Ahab.

Hear their story sung

"When you come there, find Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him rise up from among his brothers, and take him to an inner room."

2 Kings 9

Every chapter

In canonical order across 3 books

1 Kings

v. 16

2 Kings

v. 2

2 Chronicles

v. 7

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