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Bible Dictionaries
Shemaiah
Smith's Bible Dictionary
or Shemai'ah. (heard by Jehovah).
1. A prophet, in the reign of Rehoboam. 1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2. (B.C. 972). He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam's reign. 2 Chronicles 12:5; 2 Chronicles 12:15.
2. The son of Shechaniah, among the descendants of Zerubbabel. 1 Chronicles 3:23; Nehemiah 3:28.
3. A prince of the tribe of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:27.
4. Son of Joel, Reubenite. 1 Chronicles 5:4. (B.C. after 1706).
5 . Son of Hasshub, a Merarite Levite. 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15.
6. Father of Obadiah, or Abda, a Levite. 1 Chronicles 9:16.
7. Son of Elizaphan, and chief of his house, in the reign of David. 1 Chronicles 15:8; 1 Chronicles 15:11. (B.C. 1043).
8. A Levite, son of Nethaneel, and also a scribe, in the time of David. 1 Chronicles 24:6. (B.C. 1014).
9. The eldest son of Obed-edom, the Gittite. 1 Chronicles 26:4; 1 Chronicles 26:6-7. (B.C. 1014).
10. A descendant of Jeduthun, the singer, who lived in the reign of Hezekiah 2 Chronicles 29:14.
11. One of the sons of Adonikam, who returned with Ezra. Ezra 5:13.
12. One of Ezra's messengers. Ezra 8:16.
13. A priest, of the family of Harim, who put away his foreign wife at Ezra's bidding. Ezra 10:21. (B.C. 455).
14. A layman, of Israel, son of another Harim, who had also married a foreigner. Ezra 10:31. (B.C. 458).
15. Son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabeel, a prophet, in the time of Nehemiah. Nehemiah 6:10. (B.C. 446).
16. he head of a priestly house, who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 10:12:6; Nehemiah 10:12:18. (B.C. 410).
17. One of the princes of Judah, at the time of the dedication of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 12:34.
18. One of the choir, on the same occasion. Nehemiah 12:38.
19. A priest. Nehemiah 12:42.
20. A false prophet, in the time of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 29:24-32.
21. A Levite, in the reign of Jehoshaphat. 2 Chronicles 17:8. (B.C. 909).
22. A Levite, in the reign of Hezekiah. 2 Chronicles 31:15. (B.C. 726).
23. A Levite, in the reign of Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35:9. (B.C. 628).
24. The father of Urijah, of Kirjath-jearim. Jeremiah 26:20. (B.C. before 608).
25. The father of Delaiah. Jeremiah 36:12. (B.C. before 605).
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Shemaiah'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/sbd/s/shemaiah.html. 1901.
